Press Release
Yaping Shao Is Honored with the A' Design Award for Carbon Dashboard Mobile Application in Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design
Yaping Shao acknowledged for sustainable products, projects and green design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition
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COMO, Italy, April 22, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Carbon Dashboard Mobile Application by Yaping Shao, designed for Zhejiang University, has been granted the A' Design Award in the Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The recognition forms part of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was determined through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who scored anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.
About the A' Design Award
The Iron A' Design Award is awarded to good designs that meet the rigorous professional and industrial standards set by the A' Design Awards. This recognition is reserved for works that demonstrate a solid understanding of design principles and show creativity within their execution. Recipients of the Iron A' Design Award are acknowledged for their practical innovations and contributions to their respective fields, providing solutions that improve quality of life and foster positive change. These designs are a testament to the skill and dedication of their creators, showcasing their ability to address real-world challenges through thoughtful design.
Regarding Carbon Dashboard Mobile Application
Carbon Dashboard is a mobile application that visualizes personal carbon emissions. Algorithms calculate daily emissions from individual consumption records and movement routes. The application sorts emissions by source, so users can see which daily habits produce the most carbon and control them. A social ranking compares emissions among nearby users and encourages further reduction. Carbon Dashboard is designed for iOS devices and adapts to different screen sizes. The aim is to lower public carbon emissions and protect the environment.
About Yaping Shao
Yaping Shao is a student from Zhejiang University. She poured a lot of effort into this design, communicating with people and revising the prototype. Through this design, she wants to make people aware of the high-carbon behaviors in their lives by visualizing their carbon emissions, giving them a better visualization of their carbon emissions, and taking action for them, so as to protect the environment. She sincerely hopes that everyone can breathe healthier air, that the living environment can be sustainable, and that people can be more conscious to protect the environment.
Award Record
This recognition makes Yaping Shao a winner of 1 A' Design Award.
About the A' Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design Award
The A' Sustainable Product Design Award is an international design competition recognizing good sustainable products by leading designers and brands worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to sustainable product designers, green product manufacturers, eco-friendly product brands and industrial designers from all countries. Entries typically include sustainable projects, environment friendly designs, recycled, upcycled and bio-degradable products. Awarded sustainable product designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/sustainable-product
About A' Design Award & Competition
A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com
Press Resources
- Winner Page: https://dezigners.org/126455
- A' Design Award Page: https://competition.adesignaward.com/126455
- Media Showcase: https://www.designnewsroom.com/!126455
- Laureate Profile: https://dezigners.org/d/309877
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Fact Sheet
The Work
- Project
- Carbon Dashboard Mobile Application
- Function
- Mobile Application
- Category
- Sustainable Products, Projects and Green Design
- Discipline
- Industrial Design
- Industry
- Sustainability
- Colors
- Lavender, Medium Aquamarine, Powder Blue, Light Gray and Pale Turquoise
- Images
- 5
- Client
- Zhejiang University
The Recognition
- Laureate
- Yaping Shao
- Country
- China
- Recognition
- A' Design Award
- Edition
- 2021 - 2022
- Design ID
- #126455
Credits
- Team
- Yajing Hu, Chao Zhang, Jiayi Wu, Jianqiao Chen, Zili Zhou and Jianhui Liu
- Image Credits
- Yaping Shao, 2021
Design Details
- Unique Properties
- Carbon dashboard is an application for visualizing personal carbon emissions data. This app uses algorithms to calculate daily carbon emissions based on individual consumption and action routes. By visualizing carbon emissions to change users' high carbon consumption behavior, the aim is to reduce carbon emissions of the general public and protect the environment.
- Inspiration
- I want to construct a translational relationship between consumption behaviour and carbon emissions, and to visualize this as a reminder to reduce high carbon emission behaviour.
- Research
- Our research in this project focused on changing people's behavior through visualization, and we did a lot of research and user interviews to develop a prototype interface for Carbon dashboard.
- Challenge
- Our challenge lies mainly in the algorithm for the transformation between carbon emissions and consumption behavior data. We hope that this transformation of data will give users a clearer understanding of the environmental impact of their individual behavior.
- Realization and Technology
- This app uses algorithms to calculate daily carbon emissions based on individual consumption and action routes.
- Operation and Interaction
- By recording personal consumption behavior, Carbon dashboard transforms consumption data into a visualization of carbon emissions, categorizing the sources of carbon emissions and enabling users to gain a more precise understanding of the high carbon emissions in their lives and to control them. By socially ranking the carbon emissions around them, users are stimulated to reduce their carbon emissions as much as possible.
- Project Duration and Location
- The project started in September 2020 and finished in May 2021 in China.
- Specifications
- The app is designed for iOS platforms, fitting various screen sizes. Referring to the submitted entry the design is made for iPhone 11 Pro Max. Screen Size 1242px x 2688px and Resolution 458 PPI.
- Keywords
- Visualization, Environmental Protection, Carbon Emissions
