Inspiration
I got the idea to make a CO2 Tracker, when I was in school. We had a course on climate, and CO2. I didn't think we emitted that much CO2 each day. And after that, I decided that I wanted to know what we do, that is so bad for the climate.
What it does
The app is a simple demo version of my idea. Let's say I go into my room and watches a hour television. Then I open the app, and choose "1 Hour Television". Then it tells you how much CO2 you just emitted doing that. You can also do this with other stuff like toilet flush, mobile phones, laptops etcetera.
How I built it
I built this alone, using Unity/C#. I added a button "+" and a button "-". These adds, or removes an item. If you click "+", it adds X amount to the "Current CO2" counter. If you click the "-" it removes it again. If you click "+" on multiple items, it plusses together.
Challenges I ran into
A problem with my current version is that you have to add every item manually, and write the code for each item. I would like it to be AI generated, but I didn't have the time for that.
Accomplishments that I'm proud of
I'm proud that I made the app work, and I tested it on my family, and we all got really suprised to see how much CO2 we emit each day.
What I learned
I learned a lot about the climate. I didn't think that watching an hour television, would emit 6 Kilograms of CO2. And I learned some new programming techniques.
What's next for CO2 Tracker - Asger Heinricy
As stated above, I would like to make it AI, and then hopefully release it some time. I want to make AI automatically add more items, and make the user able to search for specific items.
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