Leaftech

Leaftech’s data layer used sun-tracking and neighbouring-building positioning to calculate energy consumption and the effect of shading. The aim of my prototype was to close the loop: not only calculate ideal positions, but actually drive the shading hardware to them.

I built an ESP32 controller with manual touch input, real-time position tracking over MQTT and SIM800 module, and the ability to subscribe to set-position targets and report current state back. We stood up a small local network and a simple web UI to drive the shades manually for demos.

The goal was to prove the loop and surface integration risks early.