Chemotronix

Developing clean energy technologies and digital solutions to ensure net zero emissions.

We are addressing the issue of climate change caused by deforestation and increase in greenhouse gas emissions. 

It is clear that there is a huge problem in how we track, measure and report carbon emissions and climate finance. It is not transparent, simple and trustworthy. This is costing countries, states and communities billions of dollars and millions of lives. Our solution is focused on solving this challenge and meeting this huge need. The Climate crisis has spared no one as we have seen an increase in flooding, temperatures, and climate related deaths, especially in African communities where we reside. Obscure accountability and tracking of carbon emissions pose a major threat to our planet and the lack of simple, powerful and transparent digital solutions to accelerate, predict, measure, and offset carbon emissions is a critical focus for our team. 

Our communities have seen increase in flooding and increasing threats to infrastructural facilities ( roads, bridges, etc). Everyone is affected by the issue of climate change directly or indirectly.

In the rural areas, a lot of individuals still cut trees to serve as a means of energy predominantly the use of firewood. In the cities, a lot of companies in industrial locations still use diesel engines for powering their facilities.

This has led to increase in temperatures across the world. In 2022,  a lot of countries recorded the highest temperature ever . A lot of research has shown the planet is heating up faster than ever before. Hence the need to take drastic steps to curtail further increase.

In summary, with our solution we believe greenwashing will be a thing of the past.

Our solution is a combination of AI(Artificial Intelligence), Blockchain ( decentralized ledger for transactions), Carbon credits, Clean energy ( biogas and hydrogen) and IoT( Internet of Things)

Our IoT provides real time monitoring of green house gas emissions. This data is used by our AI models to forecast and predict emissions at various times and locations.

The emission data is stored on the Blockchain which makes the data transparent for monitoring and offering of carbon credits. 

We are currently developing our biogas and hydrogen solutions through strategic partnership. We are creating an enabling market by engaging with the populace especially those in rural areas for the adoption of biogas. We developed an application that connects biogas companies to farmers. We also engage with the populace on hydrogen regularly.

Our target population cuts across the rural and urban populace. 

For the rural populace, biogas would help provide a cheaper alternative to firewood which would reduce deforestation and create more jobs for the rural populace, converting wastes (manure) to energy and keeping the environment cleaner.

For the urban populace, we want to supply hydrogen soon to ensure we reduce our dependence on fossil fuels.

For organizations, we are helping them to track and offset their emissions by investing in clean energy sources.

For government, they would have access to various emissions data and work strictly with the timeline in achieving net zero emissions.

All these will help cut emissions by 15% while ensuring the whole populace transit to cleaner and sustainable energy sources which will help achieve the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 7( Affordable & Clean Energy), 12 (Responsible Consumption and Production) and 13 (Climate Action)

The team lead (Peace Bello) is currently a chemical engineering student looking forward to starting his Ph.D at MIT soon. He has successfully led various teams at hackathons developing solutions related to the energy and digitalization sectors. He is also volunteering on various committees and communities such as AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers), Blockchain Founder's Group, IIoT world, IEEE Standards organization ( supported by Stanford Woods Institute, Stanford HAI, IEEE), Data Science Network. Also, he has demonstrated impressive academic records and has undergone internships at Coca-cola Hellenic bottling company and Schlumberger.

Victor Olufemi is an electrical engineering student who has developed various AI models and worked with a lot of startups in Nigeria. He is a Zindi University Ambassador. He is currently developing the IoT device. His expertise cuts across Agriculture and Data Science and IoT. He is also in the IIoT world community.

Boluwatife Jemiriye is an electrical engineering student currently volunteering with various NGO's in Nigeria and she has skillsets across Frontend development and UI/UX.

Grace Omojola is also an electrical engineering student who had served as Data Science Team Lead at her university and also Google Developer Student Club Lead for her Campus. She has presented various papers at conferences including the just concluded Deep Learning Indaba Conference in Tunisia.

Iyanu Adebayo is a Medical student with strong knowledge of the business and financial world. He has worked with various startups and is also involved in software development.

We believe as we keep growing and developing and with support from advisors, we would develop our solution rapidly 

We have pitched at various hackathons where we have gotten amazing feedbacks. 

The team lead is also volunteering on 2 committees of IEEE standards association advancing technology for a  positive planet by 2030. Also he is in various communities like Blockchain Founders Group, IIoT world, etc.

Recently we were granted some vouchers by Polygon to help in developing our Blockchain solution.

We have also pitched our solutions to various company stakeholders in the Energy sector including Shell, etc.

We also engage with various customers both at the grassroot and on social media platforms.

We also working on creating alliance with existing hydrogen and IoT companies.

Our solution is a simple yet powerful tool that helps to offset carbon emissions and incentivize the populace to utilise renewable energy. We provide real-time monitoring of Green-house-gases(GHGs) as well as forecasting which will guide organisations and governments in implementing decisions that will help accelerate our journey to net zero, especially in Africa.

Our solution is a mix of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Blockchain, and IoT. We have developed both software and hardware (IoT) solutions. The IoT device generates real-time data for GHGs emissions and logs data onto a decentralised-storage (Web3 storage by IPFS/Filecoin) for proper tracking and allocation of Carbon Credits. The data generated is also used to predict, forecast using AI , and generate great visualisations. Polygon was used to create an ERC-20 token called CMX, which essentially serves as carbon credits for users to trade on the blockchain, enabling carbon emitters to effectively offset their carbon emissions as they were tracked by the IoT device.

Graph Protocol was used to query the blockchain, while Alchemy was used to host an RPC node through which our dApp was able to retrieve blockchain information.

Our solution aligns with the COP27 target to provide 300 million carbon-credits every year by 2030 and 1.5 billion carbon credits by 2050 which will generate 110 million jobs and $120 billion in revenue by 2050 as contained in the African Carbon Market Initiative. Our solution also caters for Communities, Households, and Organizations. 

Our solution is innovative as we would be one of those pioneering the development of IoT in Africa to address the issue of climate change, we would also be providing data to track and monitor emissions, transparent offering of carbon credits to offset emissions.

We are also creating a new market for biogas and hydrogen sectors.

We believe this would create a shift in the consumption of energy on the African scene and most importantly with our Blockchain technology, peer to peer energy trading would soon be easy to implement in Africa .

Our solution fits perfectly and aligns with the African Carbon Market Initiative( providing 300 million carbon credits every year by 2030) launched at COP 27 in Egypt . Finally our solution aligns with the current support from UN to utilize Blockchain for Carbon credits.

We hope to create more jobs, track and reduce emissions and start setting up infrastructural facilities.

Our Team uses the OKR (Objectives and Key Results) System to set goals and milestones:

1. Completely revamp the Hardware IoT device: As measured by

   1. Launch an upgraded version of the IOT 1.0 prototype by end of Q1 2023

   2. Launch MVP of the entire solution (integrated hardware + software) by end of Q4 2023

   3. Build and Launch an amazing Software User Experience: as measured by completely redesigning and improving the frontend interface by end of Q1 2023

   4. Complete overhaul of the blockchain platform by the end of Q2 2023

   5. Increase Chemotronix local and global footprint: as measured by Launching and scaling in 10 communities, organization and industrial estates by the end of Q3 2023

   6. Onboard 2 partners to our network for Off-Chain & On-Chain Carbon Offsetters by the end of Q3 2023

The core technology that powers our solution is AI, Blockchain, Carbon credit, IoT and clean energy.

Our  solution uses IoT devices to gather data sets by tracking greenhouse gas emissions from various sources. These devices are equipped with sensors and are placed in various locations, such as industrial facilities, transportation vehicles, and residential buildings. They continuously gather data on energy consumption, weather patterns, and other factors that impact greenhouse gas emissions.

The data collected by these IoT devices is then transmitted to our decentralized storage platform ( IPFS /Filecoin) where it is securely and transparently logged for proper tracking and allocation of carbon credits across various parties. Our blockchain solution allows us to create a tamper-proof record regarding emissions data, ensuring that it cannot be altered or manipulated.  

The data is also used to forecast future GHG emissions using AI and machine learning algorithms, allowing companies and individuals to better understand and reduce their impact on the environment. AI allows us to accurately and efficiently predict greenhouse gas emissions, helping companies and individuals to better understand and reduce their impact on the environment.

AI algorithms use data from the IoT devices to predict GHG emissions for a given time period. This prediction is then presented to the user through a user-friendly interface, allowing them to easily understand and take action to reduce their emissions if necessary.

We are set to launch our MVP before the end of this year (2023). 

Our prototype involved building a hardware and software prototype. The IoT device has enabled effective tracking of carbon emissions via direct sensing, and we've been able to track these emissions leveraging low cost sensors.

With these sensors, we've curated over a thousand data points with 649 data points curated in our latest periodic testing. Some Public data points are also available on a web2 database with an endpoint at https://api.thingspeak.com/cha...

Dashboards and analytics on some of the curated data points are also available on our website in the usage chart.

Our current target tracking parameters include Carbon Monoxide, Carbon dioxide and Methane gas. With up to 3 test transactions on the blockchain.

We look forward to reaching at least 10 communities & organizations in our first year of deployment (2023).

We also look forward to deploying more IoT devices, revamp our platform and ensure it meets the requirements of various organizations on a global scale.

We require at least $100,000 - $200,000 to scale up our research and development before launching enmasse to the public.

Also, we would need more partnerships to accelerate the development of our biogas, hydrogen and IoT market in Nigeria.

With more funding, technical expertise and support. I'm optimistic this barrier would be broken in the coming year.

We are currently in talks with some organizations but hopefully we would reach a deal soon.

Also, we are receiving support from polygon, chainlink and filecoin and Microsoft for Startups

We look forward to generate funds by sales of our IoT devices, subscription on our IoT platforms, sales of carbon credits, supply chain for hydrogen and biogas sectors, etc.

We plan to operate on a B2B and B2B2C model 

We plan to raise funds through grants and investment capitals