Case Study: Crops for Energy advances biomass crop decision-making with Calvium’s Envirocrops web app

Crops for Energy launches Envirocrops with Calvium in a 3-year clean energy web app rollout

The customer, Crops for Energy, partnered with the Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute and the National Farmers’ Union to address the challenge of creating a central, impartial source of information for the biomass crops industry. Their goal was to help farmers, landowners, and consultants easily investigate the suitability and profitability of growing different energy crops on their land. They engaged the vendor, Calvium, to design and develop a web-based decision support application to meet this need.

Calvium implemented a user-centered design approach to build the Envirocrops.com web app, which features complex data calculations and clear visualizations to compare crop suitability and potential profits. The solution includes an educational game called Cropper to raise awareness. Following a successful proof of concept, Calvium delivered an Alpha version in 2023, with a public Beta planned for 2024. The app is free to use and provides users with actionable insights to encourage a move away from fossil fuels, contributing to the broader Net Zero goal.

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