EcoChamp
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Gillian Roberts
CoPIs:
Roilan Igelsias, Nicole Yeh, Kevin Lochard, Bria Williams
College:
The Dorothy and George Hennings College of Science, Mathematics, and Technology
Major:
Computer Information Systems
Faculty Research Advisor(s):
Jing-chiou Liou
Abstract:
As stated on the United Nations’ website, the 13th sustainable goal is to “take urgent action to combat climate change and its impacts”. Our project EcoChamp is our approach at doing just that. EcoChamp is a lifestyle web application to assist Kean students and faculty in lowering their carbon footprint and evaluating their impact on our environment.
Our application has been developed using a 3 tier software architecture pattern with the presentation layer consisting of a graphical user interface, an application layer on Kean’s OBI server and a data layer on Kean IMC Server. It provides, through a web application interface, interactive features that makes it intuitive and easy to use. It has 3 main feature categories. The first is centered around facilitating Kean Union students and faculty to closely approximate a baseline of their greenhouse gas emissions (GGE) through a reflection of their lifestyle as a college student or staff member. By visualizing their GGEs on an ongoing basis, they are able to improve their lifestyle. Secondly, we have encouraged friendly competition among all users by introducing weekly/monthly challenges for users to participate in and the ability to keep score on a leaderboard. Our activities are a core part of the application and create an enticing method to be more eco-aware. Thirdly, we implement opportunities for users to learn more about Environmental Responsibility (ER) with an ER Library that contains helpful, relevant topics about how they can reduce their impact on the environment. This not only engages the user, but educates them as well.