SOLAR POWERED WATER COLLECTION, CONTAINMENT, AND SELF REGULATING DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM
Impact/Purpose:
Demonstrate the energy and water savings of a solar powered planter watering system. The planter will incorporate a solar powered watering system that measures soil moisture level, and have a capacity to recapture rain water for later use.
Description:
In 2009, over 40 million pounds of Carbon Dioxide were released annually in an effort to water large planters. In addition, over 364 million gallons of water are used to maintain their health. By implementing a system within the planters that allows for onsite water storage with efficiently regulated on site watering, we are working to reduce planter maintenance costs and associated vehicles emissions by up to 90 percent, and reduce the amount of water used to maintain healthy plants. As a result, humans and the environment would enjoy the benefits of cleaner air, while municipalities would save millions of dollars annually.
Record Details:
Record Type:PROJECT(
ABSTRACT
)
Start Date:08/15/2010
Completion Date:08/14/2011
Record ID:
249222
Related Organizations:
Role
:OWNER
Organization Name
:UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
Mailing Address
:601 E John St
Citation
:Champaign
State
:IL
Zip Code
:61820
Project Information:
Approach
:The team will be working with the University of Illinois grounds keeping department to conduct our research. The current level of effort in terms of labor, the amount of fossil fuels consumed, water usage, and additional transportation costs associated with planter watering will be benchmarked. We will incorporate our planters in selected locations and note the changes in these parameters.
Cost
:$10,000.00
Research Component
:Pollution Prevention/Sustainable Development
Approach
:The team will be working with the University of Illinois grounds keeping department to conduct our research. The current level of effort in terms of labor, the amount of fossil fuels consumed, water usage, and additional transportation costs associated with planter watering will be benchmarked. We will incorporate our planters in selected locations and note the changes in these parameters.
Cost
:$10,000.00
Research Component
:P3 Challenge Area - Water
Approach
:The team will be working with the University of Illinois grounds keeping department to conduct our research. The current level of effort in terms of labor, the amount of fossil fuels consumed, water usage, and additional transportation costs associated with planter watering will be benchmarked. We will incorporate our planters in selected locations and note the changes in these parameters.
Cost
:$10,000.00
Research Component
:P3 Challenge Area - Energy
Project IDs:
ID Code
:SU834784
Project type
:EPA Grant