diff --git a/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/model/CarbonEmission.java b/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/model/CarbonEmission.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2314592551ef52298c77882fffac801d8d1c7387
--- /dev/null
+++ b/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/model/CarbonEmission.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model;
+
+import javax.measure.Quantity;
+
+
+/**
+ * This interface represents total amounts of Carbon.
+ */
+public interface CarbonEmission extends Quantity<CarbonEmission>
+{
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/model/UrbanSimulationUnits.java b/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/model/UrbanSimulationUnits.java
index ea6f2f1e9342655725510b4acf39aa1380f92608..85fd3644836aff4e83f3aa8bf57ec9876fb14da8 100644
--- a/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/model/UrbanSimulationUnits.java
+++ b/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/model/UrbanSimulationUnits.java
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ import tech.units.indriya.unit.TransformedUnit;
 import tech.units.indriya.unit.UnitDimension;
 import tech.units.indriya.unit.Units;
 
+/**
+ * See https://www.openhab.org/docs/concepts/units-of-measurement.html and
+ * https://github.com/unitsofmeasurement/uom-demos/blob/master/domain/energy/src/main/java/tech/uom/demo/energy/
+ */
 public class UrbanSimulationUnits extends AbstractSystemOfUnits {
 	private static final UrbanSimulationUnits INSTANCE = new UrbanSimulationUnits();
 
@@ -28,8 +32,11 @@ public class UrbanSimulationUnits extends AbstractSystemOfUnits {
 		return getClass().getSimpleName();
 	}
 
-	public static final Unit<Dimensionless> CO2EQ = addUnit(AbstractUnit.ONE);
 	public static final Unit<Mass> TON = addUnit(Units.KILOGRAM.multiply(1000));
+	public static final Unit<CarbonEmission> GRAM_CO2_EQUIVALENT = Units.GRAM.asType(CarbonEmission.class);
+	public static final Unit<CarbonEmission> KILOGRAM_CO2_EQUIVALENT = Units.KILOGRAM.asType(CarbonEmission.class);
+	public static final Unit<CarbonEmission> TON_CO2_EQUIVALENT = TON.asType(CarbonEmission.class);
+
 	public static final Unit<Dimensionless> PARTS_PER_MILLION = addUnit(new TransformedUnit<>(AbstractUnit.ONE,
 			MultiplyConverter.ofRational(BigInteger.ONE, BigInteger.valueOf(1000000))));
 	public static final Unit<Dimensionless> DECIBEL = addUnit(AbstractUnit.ONE.transform(
@@ -38,16 +45,16 @@ public class UrbanSimulationUnits extends AbstractSystemOfUnits {
 			new AlternateUnit<Intensity>(Units.WATT.divide(Units.SQUARE_METRE), "W/m²"));
 
 	// To model costs I added monetary units quick and dirty as SI base units.
-	// According to JavaDoc of AbstractUnit,
-	// monetary units should rather be implemented in an extra type hierarchy below
-	// ComparableUnit.
+	// According to JavaDoc of AbstractUnit,  monetary units should rather be implemented in an extra type hierarchy
+	// below ComparableUnit.
 	public final static Dimension MONEY_DIMENSION = UnitDimension.parse('M');
 	public final static Unit<Euro> EURO = new BaseUnit<Euro>("€", MONEY_DIMENSION);
 	public final static Unit<Dollar> DOLLAR = new BaseUnit<Dollar>("$", MONEY_DIMENSION);
 
 	static {
-		SimpleUnitFormat.getInstance().label(CO2EQ, "COâ‚‚eq");
 		SimpleUnitFormat.getInstance().label(TON, "t");
+		SimpleUnitFormat.getInstance().label(KILOGRAM_CO2_EQUIVALENT, "kg COâ‚‚eq");
+		SimpleUnitFormat.getInstance().label(TON_CO2_EQUIVALENT, "t COâ‚‚eq");
 		SimpleUnitFormat.getInstance().label(DECIBEL, "dB");
 		SimpleUnitFormat.getInstance().label(PARTS_PER_MILLION, "ppm");
 		SimpleUnitFormat.getInstance().label(EURO, "€");
diff --git a/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.tests/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/tests/QuantityTest.java b/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.tests/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/tests/QuantityTest.java
index 106affe3539bffe2f0f68d8e813f18f8da13cae6..feaa6cba4cb5b88070f1c67230400aa6d2046c01 100644
--- a/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.tests/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/tests/QuantityTest.java
+++ b/de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.tests/src/de/hftstuttgart/cityunits/tests/QuantityTest.java
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import javax.measure.quantity.Mass;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 
+import de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model.CarbonEmission;
 import de.hftstuttgart.cityunits.model.UrbanSimulationUnits;
 import tech.units.indriya.quantity.Quantities;
 import tech.units.indriya.unit.Units;
@@ -68,10 +69,12 @@ class QuantityTest {
 
 	@Test
 	void testCO2eq() {
-		Quantity<Mass> q = Quantities.getQuantity((String) "5200.5 kg·CO₂eq").asType(Mass.class);
+		Quantity<CarbonEmission> q = Quantities.getQuantity((String) "5200.7 kg COâ‚‚eq").asType(CarbonEmission.class);
 		assertEquals("[M]", q.getUnit().getDimension().toString(), "Wrong dimension!");
-		assertTrue(q.isEquivalentTo(Quantities.getQuantity((String) "5.2005 t·CO₂eq").asType(Mass.class)),
+		assertTrue(q.isEquivalentTo(Quantities.getQuantity((String) "5.2007 t COâ‚‚eq").asType(CarbonEmission.class)),
 				"Wrong conversion from kg of COâ‚‚eq to ton of COâ‚‚eq!");
+		assertTrue(q.isEquivalentTo(Quantities.getQuantity((String) "5200700 g COâ‚‚eq").asType(CarbonEmission.class)),
+				"Wrong conversion from kg of COâ‚‚eq to gram of COâ‚‚eq!");
 	}
 
 }