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GreenQuest (working tradename) app feasibility/technical analysis, functional requirements and prototype

Company: HCAP Holdings, Inc.

Major(s):
Primary: CMPSC
Secondary: EGEE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: YES

Intellectual Property: YES

The ultimate objective is to develop an app that will materially contribute to a large, multi-facility organization's energy/water conservation and sustainability goals. Target organizations include K-12, college/university, city/county govt, and commercial real estate. A successful commercial analogy is the navigational app Waze. Waze allows drivers to easily "flag" road hazards, speed traps, construction sites, etc. The GreenQuest (working tradename) app will provide a tool for environmentally-conscious constituents (students, residents, customers) to quickly report energy/water wasting conditions in and around an organization's facilities, thereby extending the "eyes and ears" of the physical plant dept in promptly identifying and correcting the problems. Deliverables include: analysis of similar or related tools in the marketplace; development of functional requirements for success such as issue reporting and validation, incentive system, preferred database and technology tools, administrator features (registration, logins, etc.), interface with facility work order systems, and an app prototype.

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