ENGINEERING · ECONOMICS · IMPACT
Making climate solutions work for people.
A student-led initiative connecting technology, affordability, and community action.
What if climate progress also made everyday life more affordable?
01 / FEATURED PROJECT
For California homes & small businesses
BillCO₂ Saver By Rishik Sodhi
Understand your electricity bill, explore the effect of changing when you use energy, and find California utility programs to investigate.
Opens directly in your browser. No account required.
BillCO₂ SaverHOW IT WORKSA guide to the workflow, not a savings result.
FROM A BILL TO A BETTER QUESTION
Three steps to explore.
Start with a bill you’re allowed to use.
RELIABILITY COMES FIRST
Upload a PDF or photos of your bill. Review the scanned pages and compare the detected rates with the original bill before using an estimate.
Unclear scans and unfamiliar rate plans can need manual review. Accurate bill reading is an ongoing development priority.
Try it with a bill
TURN INFORMATION INTO A POSSIBILITY
Explore how moving some electricity use between pricing periods could affect energy costs. Choose changes that fit your home or business.
Results are estimates based on your inputs, not guaranteed savings. Demand charges, fixed charges, and operating constraints can change the outcome.
Explore the app
MAKE THE NEXT STEP EASIER TO FIND
Explore California utility and incentive information with links to official sources. Use what you learn to ask your provider about relevant options.
Program availability and eligibility vary. Confirm current terms with the program provider before making a decision.
Browse through BillCO₂ Saver02 / THE BIGGER PICTURE
The technology matters.
So do its costs and the people using it.
CARBON CAPTURE RESEARCH
Rishik’s research explores point-source capture and direct air capture through kinetics, energy requirements, and economic modeling using MATLAB and GNU Octave.
Research theme: comparing technical performance with practical affordability.
ENGINEERING & DESIGN
Translate research into tools people can use, then make the design clearer through testing and feedback.
CLIMATE FINANCE & POLICY
Explore how incentives, upfront costs, and public policy influence access to cleaner technologies.
PRODUCTS & MARKETS
Ask what makes a sustainable product useful, affordable, and practical enough for someone to choose it.
03 / CLOSE TO THE COMMUNITY
A climate solution has to work in someone’s everyday life.
For a restaurant, that means keeping food safe and serving customers. For a household, it means fitting real schedules and budgets. These are the constraints good technology needs to respect.
TerraDividend brings that perspective to app testing, climate advocacy, and conversations about innovation and product markets.
THE PERSON BEHIND THE PROJECT
I’m a California student interested in the intersection of engineering, economics, and climate action. TerraDividend brings those interests together through research, technology, and community engagement.
My work includes BillCO₂ Saver, carbon capture modeling, and exploring how climate policy and product design can make sustainable choices more accessible.
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A project by Rishik Sodhi, part of TerraDividend.
