Personal carbon footprint tracker

Abstract

Climate change and growing concern for the state of the environment are prompting individuals to do their part to minimize greenhouse gas emissions. However, most people are unaware of how their daily activity influences the environment. Eco Track – Personal Carbon Footprint Tracker is a digital solution created to help users measure, monitor and reduce their carbon footprint. The system allows users to log their activities related to their choice of transportation, energy consumption, food consumption, and lifestyle choices and calculates the associated carbon emissions using standard emission factors. The application provides users with insights at the individual level along with reports that are visual representations of their environment impacts and recommendations to encourage users towards making environmentally friendly decisions. Eco Track takes it a step further by gamifying sustainability through progress tracking and setting goals for users to support their adoption of greener habits. This initiative combines data analytics to estimate the emissions associated with specific activities, whilst making recommendations for practical change, such as considering public transport, reducing energy consumption, and utilizing sustainable products.