Oek Solar

Inspiration

There is an evergrowing need to shift from fossil fuels as an energy source and find a better, more eco-friendly alternative. However, the consulting and installation process can be tedious. Furthermore, most people do not have the necessary tools to assess the impact these alternative energy sources would have on their own consumption. Even though it may seem challenging and expensive, renewable energies offer great opportunities and lower costs in the long term.

What it does

Our platform provides the analysis needed in order to properly understand the individual situation of our users and help them make informed decisions that will greatly impact their lives. Furthermore, we offer a special service for organizations and institutions to visualize the best possible way to invest their efforts in order to sustain the most profit while supporting the population and helping the environment.

How we built it

First, we analyzed the components that most affect the efficiency of solar power. Then we integrated them. Moreover, we leveraged the capabilities of AI in order to get a better idea of the effective area of the individual houses and how much benefit they could contribute. After taking into account the different factors, we present them to the user in an interactive manner and help them visualize the impact solar energy would have in their lives.

Challenges we ran into

The limited amount of time was a challenge due to the complexity of the task. Furthermore, we had to come up with our own datasets to train our AI model. We also faced some technical difficulties, but we were able to overcome them.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are proud of being able to come up with a functioning prototype given the limited time. The visual representations of the data that we present the user and the ability to play with different factors and contemplate the impact it would have for them. Apart from that, we trained a very accurate AI, having created the dataset ourselves.

What we learned

We learned to work quickly and effectively and prioritize the most important tasks to come up with a good solution even though we had limited time and resources. We also learned to work with different new frameworks and APIs.

What's next for Oek Solar

We have plenty of great ideas for the further improvement of our software and are looking forward to making it more efficient.

Built With

• azure
• mapsapi
• openstreetmap
• overpass-openstreetmap
• python
• streamlit