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Beginner10h1–3
Next.jsFirebaseTailwind
16/20Restaurant Menu Carbon Labels
Show an estimated carbon label on each menu item.
Beginner10h1–2 people17/20 fit
Build Restaurant Menu Carbon Labels for cafes, canteens and diners in ~10h with 1–2 people. Stack: Next.js + Tailwind + JSON.
Why it wins: Simple calculation with a behaviour nudge.
Build flow
01 · Problem
Diners cannot see which dishes have a high climate impact.
02 · Solution
Map ingredients to published average emission factors, compute a rough label per dish and display A to E ratings on a digital menu.
03 · Build
- 1Build an ingredient emissions table
- 2Compute per-dish scores
- 3Render labels
- 4Generate a QR menu
04 · Demo
Show a canteen menu with colour labels and a low-carbon swap.
MVP checklist
- Ingredient mapping
- Dish labels
- Low-carbon swaps
- QR menu
Tech stack
| Tech | Role | |
|---|---|---|
| Next.js | Frontend + API routes | Web |
| Tailwind | Styling | Web |
| JSON | Structured data | Data |
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