CARBOMICA (CARBOn MItigation Tool for HealthCAre FAcilities)

CARBOMICA is a resource allocation tool for carbon mitigation in healthcare facilities, developed by the Burnet Institute and HIGH Horizons Consortium.

Installation

CARBOMICA is a standard Python package that can be installed by cloning the Git repository and running pip install -e .. The main entry point is run_main.py which will reproduce the published analysis. If uv is installed, running uv run run_main.py will automatically create a virtual environment with compatible versions of the dependencies.

Modifiable scripts

project.py

Script that defines the Atomica project based on the input_data.xlsx spreadsheet.

run_main.py

Script to run the three main scenarios:

• coverage_scenario: Run a scenario where individual interventions are fully covered.
• budget_scenario: Run a scenario where spending on individual interventions is specified.
• optimization: Optimize spending allocation on all interventions by minizing emissions for a set total budget.

program_checks.py

Script to check output of programs under certain coverage and budget conditions.

Non-Modifiable scripts

utils.py

Module containing utility functions (plotting and results functions).

books.py

Function to generate the framework, databook and progbook for the study site.

scenarios.py

Function to run the scenarios.

templates/carbomica_framework_template.xlsx

Framework template used to generate site-specific framework.

templates/input_data_template.xlsx

input_data.xlsx spreadsheet template to be copied and modified locally.