Outdoor USA Magazine

The EPA has announced the winners of its Apps for the Environment challenge. Developers from around the country were encouraged to create apps that address environmental and public health issues from EPA data. Apps ranged from information about local air quality to games.

Winners demonstrated their submissions at the Apps for the Environment forum in Arlington, Virginia. The forum will include panels on business, technology, government initiatives, upcoming developer challenges, and future directions about environmental applications. The apps will be available for free use and download by the public for one year but all contestants will retain intellectual property rights over their submissions.

Winner, Best Overall App: Light Bulb Finder by Adam Borut and Andrea Nylund of EcoHatchery, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Winner, Best Student App: EarthFriend by Ali Hasan and Will Fry of Differential Apps and Fry Development Company, Mount Pleasant High School in Mount Pleasant, N.C. and J.H. Rose High School in Greenville, North Carolina.

Popular Choice Award: CG Search by Suresh Ganesan of Cognizant Technology Solutions, South Plainfield, New Jersey.

More information about the winners and other submissions: appsfortheenvironment.challenge.gov/submissions

More information about EPA’s Apps for the Environment forum: www.epa.gov/appsfortheenvironment/forum.html

 

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