MegaBites

Last Updated 18th February 2024

MegaBites - Measuring, Modelling, and Improving the Sustainability of EPFL's food system is part of EPFL's S4S (Solutions for Sustainability) inititatives to reduce the EPFL's campus-wide carbon footprint. The project aims to reduce the carbon footprint of EPFL's food system by at least 25% within two years using data-driven approaches to understand the food consumption patterns and the environmental impact of the food supply chain. The project will be structured in three main stages:

1. Measuring: Collecting data on the food consumption patterns and the environmental impact of the food supply chain.
2. Modelling: Causal Analysis and simulation of the food system to understand the impact of different interventions.
3. Improving: Interventions to reduce the carbon footprint of the food system.

The project is led by Prof. Robert West inside the Data Science Lab (DLAB) at EPFL. I will be working as a research assistant on the project starting in spring 2024.

The phases of the MegaBites project