The project involves redesigning and developing the next version of reFern, a B2B sustainability platform tailored for interior design professionals. The primary goal is to create a high-quality prototype that enhances user experience and integrates interactive features and AI-assisted sustainability tools. The platform will enable users to simulate furniture items, assign material compositions, calculate embodied carbon, and track sustainability metrics for commercial interior projects. The development process will follow Agile/Scrum principles, structured around two-week sprints, with clearly defined product goals and deliverables. This project offers students the opportunity to apply their full-stack development skills, data modeling, and simulation logic within a real-world SaaS product, focusing on climate tech and AI applications in design.

The project deliverables include a polished product with enhanced UX/UI, interactive features, and AI-assisted tools for sustainability. Additionally, the team will provide comprehensive user and developer documentation and a clear architecture ready for future scaling. The final output will reflect a well-structured prototype that meets the defined product goals and deliverables set at the start of each sprint.