diff --git a/_posts/2025-10-07-green-hackathon.md b/_posts/2025-10-07-green-hackathon.md new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ac11ada44378 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2025-10-07-green-hackathon.md @@ -0,0 +1,62 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: šŸŒ± Green Hackathon Report +tags: [sustainability] +comments: true +--- + +## Event Summary +On October 7, the **Green Hackathon** was hosted as part of the Green Lab course in the Master of Computer Science program. +Students participated actively, sharing innovative sustainability ideas and engaging in thoughtful discussions. +The event fostered collaboration, creativity, and an inspiring atmosphere centered around **green software innovation**. + +--- + +## Overview +The **Green Hackathon** encourages students to design **innovative, sustainability-focused software concepts**. +Rather than implementing solutions, teams focus on creativity, impact, and societal relevance. +Each group identifies a sustainability problem, proposes a novel software-based idea, and presents its potential contribution to greener computing. + +--- + +## Results + +All groups were evaluated by a jury composed of two guests ā€” Pooja Rani and Tristan Coignion ā€” and the teaching team: Ivano Malavolta, Vincenzo Stoico, as well as the course teaching assistants, who brought valuable insights and perspectives to the judging process. + +| Rank | Project Title | Members | +|------|----------------|----------| +| šŸ„‡ 1st Place | GreenPrompt | Houcen Liu | +| šŸ„ˆ 2nd Place | ClearSky | Federico Donati, Jasper Chesselet, Joli-Coeur Weibolt, Klemen Policar, Margaux van Geem | +| šŸ„‰ 3rd Place | Sustainable heating for ā€œFreeā€ - IT for Sustainability | David Vigh | +| 4th Place | GreenLint: Code Smarter, Save Energy & Save the Planet | Abdus Samad, Ahsan Ishan, Jorge Leon Chumpitaz, Salim Lawal, Victor Olasehinde | + +--- + +## Project Descriptions + +### GreenPrompt - Making AI Greener at the Humanā€“Model Interface +LLMs consume significant energy, but users donā€™t see the cost. GreenPrompt wants to be a lightweight SLM companion that rewrites/optimizes prompts locally before sending them to the LLM. It does so by guiding users to shorter, structured, greener prompts with minimal accuracy loss. + +### ClearSky +In a world were people spend most of their time in front of a screen, this is a game that rewards putting down your phone. Your screen time clouds the digital sky, and every unplugged minute clears it. +If attention is the new currency, energy is the hidden tax. ClearSky turns that hidden tax into a living visual. + +### Sustainable heating for ā€œFreeā€ - IT for Sustainability +Electricity prices and carbon emissions fluctuate throughout the day, with cleaner periods aligning with high renewables output. The idea is to automate schedules for devices to avoid extreme prices. A smart boiler, for example, can automatically schedule heating for low-price, low-carbon times. +Itā€™s easy to installā€”simply replace the old unit and connect it to Wi-Fi. + +### GreenLint: Code Smarter, Save Energy & Save the Planet +A revolutionary Python linter that makes your code energy-efficient automatically. Where clean code meets clean energy for a sustainable future. + +## Photos +

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