=> We have onboarded an electrical engineer
=> We have identified a University partner
=> We identified who our ideal customers are
=> We defined the application and use of the Carbon Smart Meter
=> Confirmed backend design
=> Confirmed where and who can manufacture the meter
=> Identified ideal use case being industrial applications
=> We have updated the pitch deck to show a systems diagram flow path: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RKU4XISK7RaRGYYZ-5wBg8jamwc9Kd8I/view
=> Idea has been validated by CEO and founder of a competing product; we are building what he is shipping, an idea he used to raise $30M in 2 years
=> Idea has been validated by Coinbase, Pyth, Polkadot and Chainlink devs
=> Our point of difference is we are compatible with all renewable energy not just solar.
At Carbon Credits Marketplace we broker the transparent purchase and retiring of verified carbon credits, both on-chain and in the real world. Our flagship innovation, the Carbon Smart Meter, transforms portable solar panels into verifiable offset devices. Capturing real time energy data, estimating avoided emissions, and triggering smart contract rewards. This positions CCM at the intersection of decentralized physical infrastructure (DePIN), climate finance, and on chain utility.
Project Introduction Video: https://youtu.be/hq5Qa1ZrDtM?si=-YKWUaBQCdo8NVBT
Buy a panel. Generate clean energy. Earn rewards. Offset CO₂. All on-chain.
Carbon Smart Meter turns real solar production into verified, tokenized emissions offsets and reward flows, powered by DePIN hardware and open source smart contracts.
We are Carbon Credits Marketplace (CCM) — NZ founded, globally focused, and building CORSIA/IATA aligned carbon offset pipelines from Argentina with university verified MRV.
Our mission is to bridge aviation decarbonization with decentralized energy access, starting with LATAM’s rapidly expanding solar markets.
- Install a Carbon Smart Meter — either as a retrofit to an existing solar system or to a new solar installation.
- Log in to the Carbon Smart Meter web app to activate your device and connect your wallet.
- tart generating clean energy — the meter verifies solar output, converts it into emissions offsets, and distributes on-chain rewards automatically.
=> All computation flows through:
✔ Secure WiFi ✔ Cloud based MRV verification ✔ LLM logic routing ✔ Blockchain smart contracts
Global regulations + renewable adoption = multi billion dollar TAM across multiple industries: → Global Agriculture Emissions Reporting Market: $250–$320 billion+ annually → Aviation CORSIA offset demand: $300B+ → Solar IoT & off-grid charging: $200B+ → Scientific & environmental field monitoring: $100B+ → Portable + retrofit solar users: hundreds of millions → Retrofit solar measurement for existing installations: billions globally.
EU climate sentiment:
- 85% see climate change as a major threat
- 82% willing to change habits
- 81% support climate neutrality by 2050
Global climate monitoring is being forced to shift toward real time, device level data collection, enabling more precise insights and faster responses. Research shows the market is hungry for solutions that work offline, are cost effective and time saving compared to current MRV processes; as well as a growing need for solutions that scale across verticals i.e farming, mining and energy generation.
- Aviation professionals
- Mobile phone manufacturers and distributers
- Campervans and travellers
- Beach goers and beach workers
- Holiday resorts: Pool side charging stations
- Military & Defense: silent charging in stealth ops
- Maritime: fishermen, coast guards, sailors
- Scientists & Conservationists: field research in protected zones
- Off-Grid Communities: energy + blockchain access
- Construction & Mining: remote site ESG reporting
- Events & ESG Retail: branded solar onboarding
- Migration Corridors: millions onboarded via solar rewards
- Home owners and landlords
- Commercial property owners
The Carbon Smart Meter uses an LLM (currently Amazon Bedrock) as an intelligent off-chain routing layer that processes telemetry before it reaches the blockchain. We keep all heavy computation off-chain (for cost, speed, and privacy), and send only verified summary data to the Base smart contract when energy generation thresholds have been met.
Region Aware Grid Intensity Selection - This is how we calculate how much CO₂ has been avoided per kWh.
Each device takes Voltage Current and Resistance readings before calculating the kilowat hour (kWh) of clean energy produced. The amount of CO₂ avoided depends on the local grid factor (e.g., NZ = 0.11 kg/kWh, LATAM ≈ 0.18, AU = 0.68). The LLM automatically:
- Reads the device’s region setting (user provided or coarse region for privacy)
- Looks up the correct grid intensity from our verified dataset (docs/GRID_SOURCES.md)
- Defaults to a global 0.4 kg/kWh only if user opts for location privacy
This ensures accurate CO₂ accounting without revealing unnecessary personal data.
The LLM inspects telemetry streams (VIR packets) and flags:
- Impossible solar generation (night spikes)
- Repeated identical readings
- Production inconsistent with panel size
- Suspected tampering or spoofing
We are using Artificial Intelligence to as a fraud detection layer. It outputs a small metadata flag (risk_score) that we store off-chain to support auditors.
The AI will be trained on the full version of the below training dataset that is suitable for RAG and LLM fine tuning across numerous industries, especially suited for cybersecurity & fraud prevention: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/lifebricksglobal/llm-rag-chatbot-training-dataset
This dataset is owned by the Life Bricks Global and Carbon Credits Marketplace team, the AI will have full access to the entire dataset.
The LLM may also automatically generate:
- Monthly MRV summaries
- Device level performance insights
- Sustainability statements for enterprises
- Explanations of CO₂ reduction changes month-to-month
This turns raw telemetry into auditable, human readable outputs.
If a user does not want to reveal exact location, the LLM: assigns them a coarse region (e.g., “LATAM” instead of “Argentina”), or applies the global conservative 0.40 kg CO₂/kWh fallback.
This lets users balance privacy vs accuracy.
Later the LLM can:
- Fetch updated grid intensities from public IEA / national datasets
- Validate them
- Write updates to the chain via 'set_grid_intensity()' This creates a lightweight, AI driven “oracle” pattern for environmental data. In its initial state, the AI will use data from pre-existing oracles or preset figures.
On Device Layer (Firmware + Electronics) Hardware:
- ESP32-S3 microcontroller
- Ed25519 keypair generated on device
- VIR sensor inputs (Voltage / Current / Resistance)
- microSD (long term offline storage)
- RTC (DS3231 or similar for precise time keeping)
- Surge/ESD protection
- DIN rail variant for easy of installation
Firmware Functionality:
- Reads VIR at defined intervals
- Converts to Wh/kWh
- Signs packets using Ed25519
- Enforces tamper resistant device identity
- Stores backup logs to SD card.
- Backend Infrastructure (Cloud MRV Engine)
Primary Cloud:
- AWS
- S3 (energy and offset logs)
- Lambda or ECS/Fargate for ingest
- DynamoDB / RDS / Aurora / Athena (data storage options)
- Amazon Bedrock (LLM logic routing)
- IAM / KMS (secure key management)
We have experience in this field working with LLM training data and AWS security systems. This portion of our system architecture is more or less plug and play.
Secondary Cloud:
- Microsoft Azure (for GDPR compliant backup replication)
- Blob Storage
- DefaultAzureCredential
- Encryption scopes
LLM (Amazon Bedrock):
- Region classification → grid intensity selection
- Privacy preserving logic (“fallback to 0.40 if no location”)
- Fraud & anomaly detection
- MRV summarization (reports, insights)
- Traceability reasoning
- Future oracle like updates to on-chain grid factors in real time.
- Smart Contract Layer: The Immutable Ledger (On-Chain Settlement)
=> Device registry (device_id → wallet) => Verified energy storage (milli-kWh) => CO₂ avoided storage (micro-kg) => Region aware grid intensity mapping => Threshold engine: 2.5 kWh → 1 CARBON token minted => Simple immutable ledger for CARBON token issuance. => Developer Environment / Tooling => GRID_SOURCES.md (verified intensity sources) => README (market + problem framing) => Architecture diagrams in project Pitch Deck => CORSIA/IATA compliance direction => GDPR / MiCA compliant storage patterns
=> Secure Wi-Fi Only: All energy telemetry is transmitted exclusively over a secure, encrypted Wi-Fi connection. => Device + Wallet Binding: Each Carbon Smart Meter generates a unique Ed25519 keypair on first boot. The backend binds the device’s public key to the operator wallet. This ensures 1 device = 1 verifiable identity = 1 wallet, preventing device cloning or false reporting. => Signed Telemetry: Each VIR packet (Voltage/Current/Resistance to kWh) is cryptographically signed inside the device and verified in AWS before acceptance or rejected automatically if tampered or mismatched.
- Open-source core (Apache-2.0)
- Multi-chain adapters (one repo, 20+ L1s)
- Real-world tested panels deployed globally
- CORSIA/IATA compliant design for aviation grade offset standards
- Plenty of upside to develop retrofit products that can be shipped and sold globally.
- Primary storage: AWS S3 (eu-west-1), AES 256 encryption
- Backup: Azure Blob (encrypted, GDPR scope)
- Data residency: EU only
- Right to be forgotten: Soft delete + 30 day retention
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License: Apache License 2.0 (see LICENSE)