YOM (Your Operations Monetized)

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The Challenge: The Sustainability Paradox: Small businesses are the backbone of our communities, yet they often face a difficult paradox: the desire to operate sustainably vs. the reality of high upfront costs. When budgets are tight, the "affordable" equipment choice is often the one with the highest environmental cost. This creates a cycle where businesses inadvertently pay a premium in energy waste, increasing their carbon footprint while missing out on the long-term benefits of a greener operation.

The Solution: Simplifying Sustainability with YOM: YOM (Your Operations, Monetized) helps you break that cycle without the financial stress. In just five minutes, our platform identifies the specific energy savings unique to your business. We don't just point out where you can improve; we bridge the funding gap by matching you with government support programs (subsidies, tax credits, and rebates). We help turn "out of reach" into "attainable," lowering your bills and your emissions at the same time.

User Flow: Create Account -> Fill out 5-min Questionaire -> Gemini models & IBM webMethods & Google Search -> Personalized Recommendatuions

Features:

• Authentication: Users can log in and create accounts
• 5-minute Questionnaire: Businesses can fill out a small questionnaire about their expenses to get personalized recommendations
• Personalized Recommendations via Action Cards: Each Card has a description of what change to make
• Stats on how much carbon and money could be saved
• Government Programs to help fund these changes
• Vendors/Contractors who could make these changes and their contacts
• Accessibility Mode: For those who aren’t visual, we have an accessibility mode that, when turned on, will read out all user-input boxes.

Built With

• eia(us-energy-information-administration)-api
• geminiapi
• googleaistudio
• ibm-web-methods
• react