Open Science CUI 2020: Team Name

Remotely Green 2

WEEK I

The problem I am tackling is...

Describe what is the need of this project?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Implementing a CO2 emissions calculator to compare remote meetings specifics to the cost of the in person ones, showing that greener alternatives do exist.

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WEEK II

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Problem Definition : Understand

The people most impacted by this problem are...

Describe who is affected?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Implicitly, everyone, because the rise of CO2 is one of the main causes of climate change and it's impacting the whole population.

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I believe the major causes of this problem are…

What are the causes?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Meetings, which are often done in person whether for work or academic purposes.

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Problem Definition : Observe

I believe this because…

What is the evidence? Also who can you interview? What can you find out? What experiment can you run?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Evidence : "aviation represents 1.9% of the CO2 emissions" - [Graver, B., Zhang, K., & Rutherford, D. (2019). CO2 emissions from commercial aviation, 2018. The International Council of Clean Transportation.]

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Literature

Start documenting your thoughts and ideas

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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documentation that Ben Krikler gave to the 2 remotely green teams that includes : Slack link, start of the Calculator algorithm on github, slides of the several hackathons and a shared google drive

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Theory of Change : Point of View

The problem can be improved by…

What is The Big Idea? What is the value proposition?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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kimmy_costa

Implementing a CO2 emissions calculator to compare remote meetings specifics to the cost of the in person ones, showing that greener alternatives do exist.
The tool can take the shape of an online calculator, or maybe be implemented as an open API, to increase versatility.

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This approach will have an impact because..

What is the mechanism of beneficial change?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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This will create a useful open calculation tool for the public and raise awareness on the air travel impact and its alternatives.

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The impact will be measurable because...

What are the key metrics?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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kimmy_costa

We’ll measure the emissions as kg of CO2/ per conference/ person. Depending on the location and the source of energy, this might change drastically.

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Those with the greatest interest in change are...

Who is most likely to be supportive?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Climate activists, academics, the tech industry and every company that is related to remote meetings/teleconference.

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Those most opposed to change are..

Key foes? Who is most likely to oppose?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Air travel companies that get most of their income in having professionals travel for business might be against the digitalization of meetings.

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Literature

Personas : Ideate

Documentation

The way it will work is...

What is the user experience?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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kimmy_costa

We are going to cut the project in two parts, the first one being centered on the calculation of CO2 for a specific setup/device, which will be opaque to the end user, and the second, which focuses on the service and UI.

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To make this happen, these changes need to occur..

Who has to do what. to make it happen?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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kimmy_costa

Our generation has to make a move to aware the previous and the next ones of the impact they have on their daily tasks. How a small change a company can do, by imposing remote meetings instead of being in person can have a huge positive impact on the planet

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To undertake my big idea, I could work with..

Who are the key partners to execute? Key partners to help others evaluate your value preposition?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Potential clients mentioned by the Remotely green team : CERN, EPFL, UNIGE, ONU, Geneva State

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The reason to do this now is..

What are the precipitating events?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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kimmy_costa

During the Covid pandemic, the need for remote meetings and communication has proven being hugely important, and is intrinsically tied to climate change and its issues. Now is the time to use the digital technologies and the open paradigm to make a positive and efficient change.

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Others working in this space include..

who else is in the field?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Ben Krikler, Julia Gottfriedsen, Daniel Dobos, Lorena Freitas, Maciej Gladki,
Karolos Potamianos, Sara Zahedinezhad are the core team
Remotely Green group 1

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My approach is better because...

What's wrong? Missing? Not working?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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lucas21.meier

Until now, no tool were efficient and ergonomic enough to incite people to use such a calculator.
This project aim to make this kind of tool more easily accessible.

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Key resources that i will need...

Physical and intellectual resources needed (besides financial resources)

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Computer scientists and developers with some mathematical knowledge as well as open data bases that can be used in the calculator. IT infrastructures such as servers, frameworks and libraries.

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Prototype and Test

My strategy for rolling out this project involves.

Next steps? Pilots?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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lucas21.meier

Releasing a beta version of the tool based on the current calculator code to test and evaluate the quality and accuracy of the results.
Later on, to consult on travel policies to assess the calculation criteria more accurately, and to look for potential collaboration / partners.

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I will sustain this project by..

Cost structure? Financial Sustainability? Revenue streams?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Open source, no real business model established for now.

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My biggest risk is..

How might this go wrong? How might the problem evolve? What are the legal, cultural and other impediments?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Short-timed.
The project needs a lot of help and improvement as well as structure even if the idea is clear.

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I will raise awareness about my project by..

How will i promote adoption?

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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Advertisement in universities or a pop up window before starting a remote meeting with an app.
Conferences in companies to promote the usefulness of the project, creation of a site/ web app. Promotion as an educational tool in schools.

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Prototyping

Final Pitch

New Step

November 22, 2020 at 9:37 AM

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lucas21.meier

Useful link to follow the project :
main GitHub repo : https://github.com/benkrikler/video-conf-calculator

Client side GitHub repo : https://github.com/antoinebell/remotely-green

Slack channel : https://join.slack.com/t/remotelygreen-izb2023/shared_invite/zt-j6oz9cfa-0Nz6SgDnbOW5UckK35DMKg

Presentation slides : https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1R3cdix3Znk70pOc58V_oX1F-C98Hfkh34akPNWHrEmg/edit?usp=sharing

Google drive link : https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/1izGdn1ZU3kk04B82xCWGcB4qmRTeDGyk

Bibliography : http://www2.eet.unsw.edu.au/~vijay/pubs/jrnl/14comcomVC.pdf

http://www.biblioite.ethz.ch/downloads/Souchon_these_version-publique.pdf

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238634031_Carbon_footprint_of_the_Internet

https://www.energuide.be/en/questions-answers/do-i-emit-co2-when-i-surf-the-internet/69/

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