Decarbon provides a mobile application designed to facilitate local sustainability practices among its users. The platform connects individuals into a global community focused on actionable climate initiatives. It empowers users to track and engage with environmental efforts directly through their mobile devices.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Product
Problem
Many individuals and businesses struggle to understand and manage their carbon footprint due to a lack of accessible and user-friendly tools. Existing methods for tracking emissions can be complex, manual, and lack integration with everyday financial transactions. This makes it difficult for people to make informed decisions and take effective action to reduce their environmental impact.
Solution
Decarbon is a free, open-source application designed to automatically track and visualize carbon emissions, empowering users to understand and reduce their environmental impact. By linking to financial accounts, the app categorizes transactions and assigns carbon footprints, providing insights into emission sources. Decarbon also facilitates direct investment in renewable energy projects, such as solar initiatives, enabling users to offset their emissions and actively participate in climate action. The platform promotes collective climate action by allowing users to join green teams with friends or coworkers, fostering a community-driven approach to sustainability.
Target Audience
Decarbon primarily targets individuals and businesses seeking to understand, track, and reduce their carbon footprint through accessible and transparent tools, as well as those interested in investing in renewable energy projects.
Features
- Automated carbon footprint tracking through linked bank accounts and transaction categorization
- Open-source database providing transparency in emissions calculations
- Carbon offsetting through direct investment in renewable energy projects, such as solar initiatives
- Integration with Energea, offering users $50 of stock in community solar projects in Brazil upon creating an account and making their first investment
- Monthly climate action "collabs" featuring leaders in the climate movement
- Manual transaction input and questionnaire-based estimation for users who prefer not to link bank accounts
- Green team functionality for collaborative emission reduction with friends and coworkers
- Educational resources, including an extensive guide on climate topics and app usage