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CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. — United States

Chemical Plant in United States. Approximate location 40.45839, -104.87419.

Chemical PlantUnited StatesCO₂ estimate (modelled)

CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations. It emits about 34,897 t CO₂e a year from Climate TRACE.

34,897t CO₂e / yr (Climate TRACE)
#1260CO₂ rank in United States

Facility data: Climate TRACE v6 (asset-level capacity & CO₂e, CC BY 4.0), id ct-3674478.

Data status

Known source data

FacilityCARESTREAM HEALTH INC. Climate TRACE
CountryUnited States Climate TRACE
Coordinates40.45839, -104.87419 Climate TRACE
Sector / subsectorother-chemicals Climate TRACE
EPA parent companyCARESTREAM HEALTH INC US EPA GHGRP
EPA NAICS325992 US EPA GHGRP
TRI facility recordCARESTREAM HEALTH COLORADO US EPA TRI
TRI parent companyCARESTREAM HEALTH INC US EPA TRI
TRI NAICS325992 US EPA TRI
TRI reported chemicalsNitrate compounds (water dissociable; reportable only when in aqueous solution), Silver compounds US EPA TRI
TRI on-site releases21,710 lb/yr US EPA TRI
Modelled CO₂e34,897 t/yr Climate TRACE

Calculated from the dataset

United States rank#1260 of 1910 · top 66.0% calculated
Global other-chemicals rank#300 of 439 · top 68.3% calculated
Climate contextderived from coordinates calculated

Not available

Fuel typeNot available not in dataset
Thermal capacity (MW)Not available not in dataset

Source data, measured cross-checks and calculated values are kept separate. No confidence percentage is invented.

Similar facilities by modelled emissions

Same Climate TRACE subsector; closest non-placeholder modelled CO₂e values. Russia and Belarus excluded.

Operating power plants within 50 km

PowerAtlas operating assets, ordered by great-circle distance from published coordinates.

In context: how this facility compares

Subsector: other-chemicals. As chemical plant, it requires high process heat (typically 100–500°C) for its core industrial operations, supplied by boilers, furnaces or direct combustion. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

Capacity & CO₂-intensity comparison computed from Climate TRACE industrial facilities data; sector role based on engineering reference.

What 34,897 t CO₂e a year looks like

This facility's estimated annual CO₂e (Climate TRACE, modelled) in everyday equivalents from the US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies calculator:

637million cubic feet of natural gas burned
7.3khomes' electricity use for a year
582ktree seedlings grown for 10 years

Equivalencies: US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies. Emissions: Climate TRACE.

Carbon cost and Scope 1 emissions

At its reported 35k t CO₂e/yr (Scope 1), CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. carries no domestic carbon price, and its products are not CBAM-covered goods, so there is no border-carbon liability. At the EU ETS reference price (€75/t) the emissions carry an indicative carbon value of €2.6M/yr.

35k t CO₂e / yrScope 1 emissions
€2.6M/yrindicative carbon value (not a CBAM liability)

Carbon price: EU CBAM €75/t · EU ETS €85/t, September 10, 2026, refreshed live via Carbon Hub. CO₂: Climate TRACE. Indicative carbon value, not the cash bill — free allocation applies; not compliance advice.

Parent company

Carestream Health Inc US EPA GHGRP
Parent company per US EPA GHGRP; the operator itself is not stated in the source dataset.

Local climate

CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. sits in a cold semi-arid steppe climate zone (Köppen BSk), at 40.5°N in the northern hemisphere.

~10°Ctypical annual mean
~23°Ctypical warm-season
Cold semi-arid steppe: four distinct seasons — cold winters and warm summers

Köppen zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).

Site climate & environmental severity

This site sits in a benign, low-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C1 — Very low), with dust abrasion the leading environmental stress.

C1ISO 9223 corrosivity (indicative)
37/100environmental-severity index
25.4°Cseasonal temperature swing
1297 kmdistance to coast
LowCUI risk tier

In this site’s local climate, a bare 150 °C surface sheds about 1403 W/m² to ambient — roughly 1.08× the loss at a 20 °C reference. Reference-surface calculation at a 150 °C surface from WorldClim climate normals (ASTM C680 / ISO 12241) — an indicative per-climate comparison, not a measurement of this site’s specific equipment. Open method dataset: DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20787408 (CC BY 4.0).

Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.

How it compares & nearby sites

Nearby industrial sites

Location

Coordinates 40.45839, -104.87419. View on OpenStreetMap.

Frequently asked questions

What type of facility is CARESTREAM HEALTH INC.?

CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. is a chemical plant in United States. Chemical plants produce a wide range of industrial and specialty chemicals, many requiring precise temperature control and sustained heat input for reactions and separations.

How much CO₂ does CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. emit?

The page uses about 34,897 t CO₂e/year from the open dataset It ranks #1260 among facilities in United States by estimated CO₂.

Where is CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. located?

CARESTREAM HEALTH INC. is in United States at approximately 40.45839, -104.87419.

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