Real-time collaboration for student sustainability clubs with instant carbon impact tracking.
Student-led sustainability clubs lack collaboration tools with real-time carbon impact calculators for their climatetech projects.
ClubCarbon provides a shared workspace where clubs can plan climatetech projects, assign tasks, and see live carbon savings calculations as they update plans. It integrates real-time calculators for energy, transport, and waste impacts directly into kanban boards. Clubs collaborate seamlessly without switching apps, focusing on measurable environmental wins.
Student-led sustainability clubs working on climatetech projects
Only tool built exclusively for student sustainability clubs with embedded, project-specific carbon calculators that update in real-time based on collaborative edits.
supportive
Drag-and-drop boards for project tasks with live collaboration and carbon impact previews per task.
Real-time calculator for CO2 savings based on project inputs like km saved, kWh generated, etc.
Invite-only spaces for clubs with member roles and project folders.
Assign tasks to members with email/Slack-like push notifications.
Generate shareable PDF reports of total carbon impact per project.
Responsive design optimized for mobile task updates.
Sync project milestones to calendars.
AI prompts for optimizing project plans for higher carbon savings.
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| text | No | |
| name | text | No |
| university | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| description | text | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | No | |
| club_id | uuid | No |
| name | text | No |
| type | text | No |
| carbon_params | jsonb | Yes |
| total_impact | float | Yes |
| created_at | timestamp | No |
Relationships:
| Column | Type | Nullable |
|---|---|---|
| id | uuid | No |
| project_id | uuid | No |
| title | text | No |
| status | text | No |
| assigned_to | uuid | Yes |
| carbon_impact | float | Yes |
Relationships:
/api/clubsCreate new club
/api/projectsCreate project with initial carbon calc
/api/calculate-impactCompute real-time carbon impact from params
/api/tasksUpdate task status and recalculate impact
/api/reports/:projectIdFetch project report data
No reports, 1GB storage
10GB storage
Unlimited
| Month | Users | Conversion | MRR | ARR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month 1 | 150 | 2% | $111 | $1,332 |
| Month 6 | 800 | 5% | $1,480 | $17,760 |
Collaborate on climatetech projects and watch your carbon impact grow live—no more spreadsheets.
Post in university sustainability Discords and Reddit (r/sustainability, university subs), DM club leaders from LinkedIn sustainability groups, offer free Pro access for testimonials in exchange for feedback.
Simple kanban
No carbon calcs or club-specific features
Built-in real-time sustainability metrics
Flexible workspaces
No real-time calcs, not collab-optimized for impacts
Specialized carbon tools + realtime
Network effects from club sharing + proprietary carbon datasets from user projects.
Rising climate awareness in universities post-COP + remote collab boom post-COVID.
Low adoption by students
Validate via 20 club interviews pre-build
Inaccurate carbon calcs
Use validated EPA/UN formulas + user feedback loop
Scope creep on features
Strict MVP timeline adherence
Success: 5+ confirm pain and WOYLP
Success: 80% retention week 2
Success: 200 signups
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