We are trying to solve the overconsumption of electricity, the excessive waste of energy in overall houses. We wish to help regulate the use of electricity and reduce waste.
The reason of why we chose to do this project is to solve overall problems in waste of energy in the globe. We could reduce the use of energy and save it for future needs and countries that need it.
We started by brainstorming possible solutions and came up with the idea of ChessLight (our project name). It’s a device that measures energy waste in a specific space. When the device reaches a certain energy usage limit, it alerts the user. This helps people become more aware of their daily energy consumption and encourages them to use less.
We are still in the prototyping phase, but we shared our digital design with a group of classmates to get feedback. Through this testing, we realized we need to consider factors like the number of people in a space and their daily routines. For example, a house with four people may use more energy than one with six, depending on how they use their devices. This helped us understand how habits affect energy consumption.
Our results matter because they gave us feedback and showed us what to improve. They helped us grow as a team and made our product better. If we hadn’t tested it, we wouldn’t have found these issues. Now we know what works and what doesn’t, and we can move forward with more confidence.
For our next step, we want to improve the project and maybe design other versions of the product. We don’t want to limit ourselves to just one idea—we could create different models for different spaces and needs.
One of our main inspirations was the concept of chess, which influenced our project’s name and structure. We also got ideas from other energy-saving products designed to reduce electricity use. Our group would like to thank our teacher Claudia G. for her support, and our teammate BA. for helping us during the development of the project.