Awards & Nominations
Zero Science has received the following awards and nominations. Way to go!
Global Nominee
Solar Science
High-Level Project Summary
A solution for the user who wants to be part of a more sustainable world, and who is also interested in knowing how to save. With it, it is possible to obtain important data from the sun's irradiation, which feeds these solar plates, and to have information about how these resources have been consumed. In the app, it is still possible to make energy savings estimate calculations based on the desired plate. It makes access to solar data easy, therefore, gives the power of choice to the user who is interested in sustainability and solar panels.
Link to Project "Demo"
Link to Final Project
Detailed Project Description
Our project is an app that uses data obtained from NASA POWER web services and other variables to calculate how much money the user saves during a certain period of time using solar panels. These variables are the panel efficiency, inclination and size, energy price and the amount of energy expended. The app also provides information about the history of the money saved and the differential is the ease in obtaining important information in a personalized way. We believe that facilitating access to this type of information will help increase the number of homes with solar panels.
Tools:
- https://power.larc.nasa.gov/
- React JS
- Python (Flask, Requests)
- Figma (for layout)
- Miro (for idea conception)
Space Agency Data
Our project used data from The POWER Project providing us valid data of solar irradiance along the timespan and location inputted by the user. With that data, the user can have access to what are the best days a solar panel should be getting of solar irradiance, measured in kWh, and how they are gonna save money with that along the time. Our project was inspired by how energy is becoming a scarce resource and we, as society, should be able to have clean and renewable energy in our houses. Our goal is to give the user the information needed encouraging them to use safe sources of energy.
Hackathon Journey
Participating in the NASA Space Apps Challenge was a very interesting experience. We learned a lot about concepts of physics, chemistry and astronomy to be able to develop an application that we believed is really useful. We never imagined to learn so much about things that we didnt understand.
References
- https://power.larc.nasa.gov/
-https://www.flaticon.com
- React JS
- Python (Flask, Requests)
- Figma (for layout)
-Adobe XD (for layout)
-Illustrator (for icons)
- Miro (for idea conception)
-https://desafioonline.ufms.br/index.php/EIGEDIN/article/view/8597/pdf_226
-https://repositorio.ufersa.edu.br/bitstream/prefix/2894/2/WandersonAC_MONO.pdf
-http://www.energiazero.org/fotovoltaico/How%20Do%20Solar%20Panels%20Work.pdf
-https://radiojornal.ne10.uol.com.br/noticia/2021/08/27/com-aumento-de-ate-58porcento-na-bandeira-vermelha-saiba-quanto-deve-ficar-a-conta-de-luz-a-partir-setembro-215483
-http://files.ensinodeciencia.webnode.com.br/200001232-9088b91832/2015_Educa%C3%A7%C3%A3o%20cient%C3%ADfica.pdf
-https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/support/DONKI-webservices.php
Tags
#sun, #unlocking, #larc, #zeroscience
Global Judging
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