1 Smart Homes for All

👋 Meet Challenge 1 - Smart Homes for All 💡 🏡 In partnership with ecoinvent How might we design a digital tool that helps homeowners or installers quickly visualize the carbon 'break-even' point of a smart home installation? The smart home market is booming, driven by the promise of convenience, security, and energy efficiency. Homeowners and installers are increasingly adopting IoT devices like smart thermostats, automated lighting, and energy monitors to reduce their energy bills and environmental footprint. However, every smart device comes with its own "carbon debt"—the emissions generated during raw material extraction, manufacturing, and global shipping. Currently, the ecosystem is focused primarily on operational efficiency (saving electricity today) while often ignoring embodied carbon (the environmental cost of the hardware).