About GreenElectron
GreenElectron is an independent project focused on helping institutions understand their energy and carbon footprint through transparent, data-driven tools. Built with an emphasis on clarity and accessibility, it aims to make advanced monitoring and analytics available to schools, cities, and organizations without expensive proprietary systems.
Ronith Vinod Chikkaballapur — Creator of GreenElectron
About the Creator
Hi, I’m Ronith. I'm a senior at Monta Vista High School. I started building GreenElectron in January 2025. Before then, I was working on a Carbon Footprint Project at the Fremont Union High School District with the Director of Facilities Roger Silveira and my teacher Kavita Gupta. My role in this project was processing the PG&E bills to data that can be displayed on the website. While processing the data, I noticed an anomaly: one school, my school, Monta Vista, was using too much gas. I tried to do my own investigation, wrote anomaly detection programs, asked experts, and predicted that Monta Vista's gas meters were incorrected. I submitted my prediction and my reasoning to Mr. Silveira in August 2024, who promised to investigate it. In January 2025, he returned to me and told me that I was right! My investigation helped save my school $500,000 annually, or $2,500,000 over the 5 years.
I built GreenElectron to enable schools to accurately measure their carbon footprint, detect irregularities in their energy use, and turn complex utility data into clear, actionable insight.
I also work at the City of Sunnyvale's Environmental Services Department, analyzing the city's emissions, tracking policy impact (EV emissions, transportation efficiency), etc.