The world's fastest carbon footprint API for businesses, developers, and sustainability platforms.

Every company globally must track carbon emissions for ESG compliance, but current solutions are:

• Slow - Take days/weeks for calculations
• Expensive - $10K-100K+ annual enterprise licenses
• Limited - Only work for large corporations
• Manual - Require complex spreadsheet uploads

CarbonAPI provides instant carbon footprint calculations for ANY activity through a simple REST API:

POST /api/v1/calculate
{
  "activity": "shipping",
  "weight": 500,
  "from": "NYC", 
  "to": "London",
  "transport": "air"
}

# Response in <100ms
{
  "carbon_footprint": 2.4,
  "unit": "tons_co2e",
  "breakdown": {...},
  "suggestions": [...]
}

• Sub-100ms Response Time - Real-time calculations
• Global Coverage - All countries, transport modes, activities
• 99.9% Accuracy - Based on latest IPCC data
• Easy Integration - RESTful API, SDKs available
• Real-time Analytics - Dashboard and reporting
• Enterprise Ready - SOC2, GDPR compliant

• High-performance API server
• Real-time carbon calculation engine
• Emission factors database
• User management and analytics

• Auto-scaling Lambda functions
• RDS PostgreSQL for data
• Redis for caching
• CloudFront CDN for global speed
• S3 for document storage

• GitHub Actions automation
• Terraform infrastructure as code
• Automated testing and deployment
• Monitoring and alerting

Frontend:     React Dashboard (planned)
Backend:      Golang + Fiber Framework
Database:     PostgreSQL + Redis
Cloud:        AWS (Lambda, RDS, S3, CloudFront)
IaC:          Terraform
CI/CD:        GitHub Actions
Monitoring:   CloudWatch + Prometheus

• Go 1.21+
• AWS Account with CLI configured
• Terraform 1.5+
• PostgreSQL (local development)

# Clone and setup
git clone https://github.com/ObeeJ/CarbonAPI.git
cd CarbonAPI

# Install dependencies
cd api && go mod tidy

# Setup database
psql -f database/schema.sql

# Run locally
go run main.go

# Deploy infrastructure
cd terraform && terraform init
terraform plan && terraform apply

# Deploy application
cd .. && ./scripts/deploy.sh

• Freemium: 1,000 free API calls/month
• Startup: $99/month for 50K calls
• Business: $499/month for 500K calls
• Enterprise: Custom pricing for unlimited usage

Target Market Size: $50B+ ESG compliance market

• 50,000+ companies need carbon tracking by 2025 (EU CSRD)
• $366B+ sustainability market growing 20% annually
• Zero dominant API player in real-time carbon calculation
• First-mover advantage in developer-friendly carbon tools

1. Speed: 100x faster than existing solutions
2. Cost: 90% cheaper than enterprise alternatives
3. Accuracy: Latest IPCC emission factors
4. Developer-First: Simple API, great documentation
5. Global: Works anywhere, any activity type

Q1 2025:

• ✅ Core API development
• ✅ AWS infrastructure setup
• ✅ MVP launch

Q2 2025:

• React dashboard
• Mobile SDKs
• Enterprise features

Q3 2025:

• AI-powered suggestions
• Blockchain verification
• Global partnerships

We welcome contributions! Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for guidelines.

MIT License - see LICENSE for details.

• Website: https://carbonapi.io
• Email: hello@carbonapi.io
• Twitter: @CarbonAPI
• LinkedIn: CarbonAPI

Built for a sustainable future