FootprintView

Inspiration

Nowadays everything that we do and consume have impacts to our environment. This app is based on an idea that one of us had a few years ago to raise people's awareness on the impacts their daily lives have on the environment. We are specifically focusing on Carbon Footprint, which is measured in kilograms of carbon dioxide that is generated from doing a particular action or consuming a product. We hope to bring the user a tool to understand their climate impact and recognize how they can adjust their daily activities and consumption to reduce their impact.

What it does

Our project is a mobile app that lets you record your daily activities and consumption from a list of food, travel, and packaging items. You can calculate the carbon footprint of your action/item and see a summary of your daily carbon footprint impact.

How we built it

We built the app using the Thunkable platform. It allows us to design the UI of the app and program it based on its interactions with the user.

Challenges we ran into

We were not familiar with the platform we used, so it took us time to figure out the specifics of using the platform. We also spent a lot of time on improving the efficiency of our algorithms to reduce wait times. There are also limitations of the platform that prevented us from adding some features.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are glad that starting from scratch, we've made the app work with basic features including a search feature that allows the user to filter through items in our database.

What we learned

We learned the importance of planning and designing an application, as well as time management.

What's next for Carbon Footprint View

Our next step is to add more features such as a full, detailed view of the user's log, and we can incorporate data analysis to generate recommendations from the user's record.

Built With

• google-drive
• thunkable