Team 1: EcoMatrix

Members: Nathan Kwok

Ralph Morales

Lisa Wu

Project Overview

• Carbon Footprint Advice

• GHGs Emission Charts

• Social Networking Videos

Tags vs. Modules

TAGS• Research Career,

Lifestyle, & Hobby tips– Users add tags

limitlessly– Too subjective– High maintenance

MODULES• Transport, Home

Energy, Foods, Goods & Services– Set number by

Designer– Easy management– “Simple” theme of

website

Reduce Carbon Footprint Top Ranking Advice

• Transportation– Green Vehicle Guide

• Home Energy – Smart Strip

• Foods– Local Foods in Season

• Goods – Userful’s Multiplier Software

• Services– Recycle E-waste

MySQL Database

International GHGs

Personal GHGs

Sketch Design

Advice on how to Reduce your Carbon Footprint

Reduce Carbon through:• Transportation• Home Energy• Foods• Goods• Services

Advice Layout

• Transportation– How Green is your Vehicle? (details)– Improve your Gas Mileage Tips (details)– Benefits of Public Transit Investment (details)– Buy a GPS System (details)– Save Gas Money for Greener things (details)

Advice Layout Cont.

• Transportation– How Green is your Vehicle? (details)

• Look up your vehicle on the Green Vehicle Guide to receive eco-friendly ratings on your car (i.e. air pollution, fuel economy & GHGs).

Social Network

• Form network after publicized

• User’s Submit Advice Videos for Tags– Rank the best videos

• Standard Guideline – Example Videos– Student Organizations – Josh Gellers– Information Technology – Bill Tomlinson– College Professor – Debra Melitz

Thank You.

Resources• http://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/Index.do;jsessionid=6f26f78ff6a801261a99a1b7df71c5a5b77a2a1ea95d54050a6

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• http://www.energysavers.gov/your_home/appliances/index.cfm/mytopic=10030

• http://www.carbonfootprint.com/minimisecfp.html

• http://www2.userful.com/products/userful-multiplier

• http://www.epa.gov/waste/conserve/materials/ecycling/index.htm

• http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=p3&chd=t:21.13,3.89,4.36,19.89,4.14,3.7,5.15,13.7,16.58,6.02,1.44&chs=450x200&chl=USA|So.+America|Japan|China/Taiwan|India|Africa|Middle+East|Rest+of+World|Europe|Russia|Australia&chco=993333,FF8040,FFFF00,339900,0066CC,800080&chtt=World%27s+Carbon+Emissions+from+Energy+Consumption&chts=000000,18

• http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bhs&chs=300x187&chd=t:72.6,32.1,17.3,30.4,79.1,4.04&chco=993333|0066CC|FFCC00|FF6666|660066|FFFF00&chbh=a&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|0|1|2|3|4|5|6|7|8|9|10|1:|India|Australia|Japan|China|EU|USA&chtt=Annual+Carbon+Tons/Person+Comparison&&chts=000000,13

• http://ec2-75-101-202-69.compute-1.amazonaws.com/~group02/

• http://www.fueleconomy.gov/Feg/maintain.shtml

• http://www.publictransportation.org/f acts/calculator/calc_results.asp

• http://gpsdock.com/blogs/2009/03/19/top-selling-gps-systems-so-far-for-2009/

• http://www.bzzagent.com/frog/FrogWebsite.do?frogIdent=4343800367

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATYZsXM4HHM

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_AUSchKJ4s

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Im-kPGyHgOw

• http://i207.photobucket.com/albums/bb133/projectf22/earth-4.gif