Inspiration
Our inspiration for MazDot came from the urgent need to address carbon emissions and combat climate change. We were motivated by the desire to empower individuals and organizations with the knowledge and tools to understand and reduce their carbon footprint. By providing a platform that identifies carbon emissions, we aim to raise awareness and drive positive environmental action.
What it does
We are implementing a website that is able to track the carbon footprint and energy usage from a website, and providing feedback on how they can improve. Our website also provides information and resources in order for webpages to reduce their output.
How we built it
HTML & CSS It takes a website link as input We used an api to generate the energy and carbon footprint consumption once entered in the website This api fetches wire transfer data, reload times and conversion factors to watts or carbon footprint to give a calculation. Newsletter Generates environmental news using widgets from RSS Also generates resources to encourage more environmentally friendly website resources
Challenges we ran into
The main issue we experienced was that there are specific cross-origin errors when trying to fetch data from a website. This was fairly complicated to solve and it was only towards the end we figured out how to use an extension to bypass CORS(obviously these won't work if websites are unwilling to let data be fetched(scraped.
Accomplishments that we're proud of
We are proud of creating a robust platform that effectively identifies carbon emissions and provides actionable insights. Our team successfully developed an intuitive user interface that simplifies the complex process of understanding emissions data. We also achieved a high level of accuracy in emissions identification through rigorous testing and validation. Furthermore, we are proud of the collaboration and interdisciplinary approach we adopted throughout the project.
What we learned
During the development of MazDot, we gained valuable insights into carbon emissions, data analysis, and sustainable practices. We deepened our understanding of the challenges and complexities associated with identifying and mitigating emissions. We also honed our technical skills in machine learning, data visualization, and user interface design. Additionally, the project reinforced the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration and the potential for technology to drive positive environmental change.
What's next for MazDot
As the internet continues to grow and more people come online, the energy consumption of websites and digital services is expected to increase. This could lead to a larger carbon footprint and contribute to climate change and environmental degradation, however future solutions with environmentally friendly websites could prevent this from happening. We believe we can add more ai solutions in to customization and optimization of a websites algorithms to improve their eco-friendliness. Currently we just have generic advise and resources based on carbon and energy footprint, but we can expand this into other realms as well.
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