Title: Carbon footprint detector: an empirical approach for green and clean energy in smart cities

Authors: Rohit Rastogi; Aditya Gola; Aditya Raj

Addresses: Department of CSE, ABES Engineering College Ghaziabad, U.P., India ' Department of CSE, ABES Engineering College Ghaziabad, U.P., India ' Department of CSE, ABES Engineering College Ghaziabad, U.P., India

Abstract: In the wake of high technology, carbon emission has increased that raises environmental degradation as a natural consequence. It threatens environmental sustainability and encourages persons and organisations to measure and minimise their carbon footprint. The article deals with designing and implementing a carbon footprint detector, a tool that attempts to measure and track carbon emissions according to the activities and patterns of consumption by users. It uses a combination of input data in terms of energy usage, kinds of transportation used, and product consumptions calculated for carbon equivalent emissions. The tool can also offer recommendations on how to reduce the overall carbon footprint in a household. Real-time feedback and historical data tracking help inform further, more sustainable choices. This detector acts as a very vital tool for raising awareness over some of the major behavioural changes that lead toward sustainability goals. Further, it gives simple solutions to solve excess carbon footprint at household levels.

Keywords: air quality index; AQI; PM 2.5; PM 10; carbon footprint; green energy; climate change; sustainable development; human health; sustainable society; climate crisis; global warming.

DOI: 10.1504/IJEE.2025.149483

International Journal of Environmental Engineering, 2025 Vol.13 No.3, pp.220 - 247

Received: 21 Dec 2024
Accepted: 10 Apr 2025
Published online: 04 Nov 2025 *

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