Week 1 - GenevieveDorrell/Carbon-FootPrint-Calucaltor GitHub Wiki

Student Carbon Footprint Calculator

By Genevieve Dorrell, Jacob Evarts

Concept: A web page that calculates the users Carbon footprint.

Add ons/Risks: Having users logon and having a database that keeps track of their information so they can add to it and update it. Have a section that allows the user to upload gpx files and to calculate how many carbon emissions they saved by biking. If there is extra time we can always make the calculations more and more accurate with different questions, or add sections.

Architecture: Web interface with mongoDB that contains users info. Host on Heroku Multiple logic files for different type of carbon emissions ie. food, travel, home energy use. File to parse data input via user file as an alternative to an online ‘quiz’ like format.

Schedule: By Friday, October 30, have web interface with users and login - Genevieve Research some carbon emission calculations and have a formula for basic estimation for the categories of food, travel, and home energy use. Implement in a logic file to efficiently compute a result that is meaningful to the user - Jacob Next week everyone researches more specific methods of carbon emission estimation and debugs.

Roles: Genevieve: Git Repo, build master Jacob: Scheduling, architect, documentation

Questions: The breadth of factors we should take into account Do we need user log accounts for an MVP?