MUMBAI, India, July 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202641085429 A) filed by Vellore Institute Of Technology on July 13, 2026, for System And Method For Hardware-Validated Carbon Footprint Monitoring And Energy Optimization.

Inventors include Dr. V. Sivakumar; and Sanjai B N.

The application for the patent was published on July 17, 2026, under issue no. 29/2026.

Abstract: A hardware-validated carbon footprint monitoring and energy optimization system (100) and method are disclosed. The system (100) comprises a distributed data acquisition layer configured to collect energy-consumption data and environmental telemetry from sensing devices, a user interface configured to receive behavioral data, and a ...