Simpli Savings

Help the environment, save money, and get rewarded. Simpli Savings rewards you for cutting on your energy bill and cutting on carbon emissions.

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Inspiration

Over the past 40 years, the average temperature increase per year is +0.32˚F, making the earth hotter and hotter, leading to floods, droughts, and destruction of habitats. The temperature goes up due to the increasing emissions of greenhouse gases which trap heat on the earth. Electricity production, which requires burning fossil fuels and coal, contributes to 25% of greenhouse gas emissions in the US.

To increase sustainability, we must reduce electricity usage in the near future.

What it does

Noticing how many people are inclined to save money more than the environment, Our solution is make a website which incentivizes homeowners if they save electricity. If they use less electricity, then they are given ‘points’ based on how much they saved. $1 saved = 5 points These points can be redeemed in various brands, stores, and objects.

How we built it

We started by listing out the steps needed to do. Brainstormed the specifics and discussed ideas. We then used replit as a collaboratory coding station where we used our knowledge of html, css, and javascript to create a prototype of the website.

Challenges we ran into

Making this website, we ran into problems with changing size and color of our navigation bar, our javascript that runs the point system and bills, our carousel, and some of the time management.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We are very proud to get our prototype working. We are very happy with our colors, layout, and how we made it in general.

What we learned

Working as a team for long hours, we learned many valuable coding skills from each other. Those unfamiliar with coding, learned the basics, and those with some experience were able to further enhance their skills. We learned many new components and styles in html such as a carousel, making a grid, adding a navbar, and editing the aesthetics of the website.

What's next for Simpli Savings

In the future, we plan to implement a fully working login system using classes and objects in java. We also plan to improve the aesthetics of the website, add an AI scanner for electric bills to eliminate user fraud, and sync user’s electricity account. We then plan to reach out to various brands, and advertisement companies to partner with our project so that people have the opportunity to use their points to a wider array of stores.

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