ecoistanbul

EcoIstanbul is a green artificial intelligence project that was made to ensure locals and tourists in Istanbul use the most ecological ways of living. It was created for the international competition World Affairs Challenge (WAC) and got us 6th place worldwide.

Below is an explanation of the technical side and our solution to the problem of unsustainable tourism in Istanbul.

it was intended to be an android mobile app. The preliminary round began with the following design. it had four main tabs:

directions, accommodations, and leisure tabs are self-explanatory: they list the possible options for users. the main improvement is that they use a ranking system that gives importance to options' eco-friendliness scores. eco-friendliness score is calculated with methods used in literature.

eco-tips tab was an educational attempt. it served as an endless-scroll page that had ecological tips, quizzes, facts, and valuable resources for the user.

well, 6th place did not make us happy. so we kept improving the product. below is displayed the new design. it had a much more minimalistic look, with a clean representation of the features.

needless to say, the app was never published. we eventually stopped working on it due to the inadequacy of technical skills in the team and lack of R&D time on school campus. but it was a valuable experience that made me go through every single step of designing, developing, and deploying a project. also, my current main area of interest is artificial intelligence, thanks to hours of research spent for ecoistanbul.