Market Analysis 

Our project focuses on renewable energy and people who want to try to use renewable energy but can’t due to living conditions or income. Our target consumers are people with less space in their homes, apartment owners, and people who travel a lot. As well as non-homeowners, low-income families, or just anyone who wants an easily available option to live more green.

The Problem 

Renewable energy is expensive and takes up space. When working with solar, wind, or water energy the items needed to generate the electricity needed are large and take up space. This limits the number of people who can use these energy sources to those who have this space. Those who live in apartment complexes or urban areas can’t use these resources due to how much space they take up.

Our Solution

We intend to make a small, compact device that people can place on their windowsills. This device will have solar panels on the sides, and plants growing out the top to create plant and solar energy. A battery will be stored on the side of the device to hold the energy created from both. This creates something small and compact that even people in small apartments and urban areas can use. We would only include soil and Bermuda grass seeds to allow customers to grow their own plants in the box. We would use a 12 V battery so things can be charged like a phone or tablet. The small compact size would fit on a small windowsill. To market this design we plan on showing how it is different than other things that exist and take up less space. It is also portable and not as expensive due to it's smaller size. The main area we plan on getting the most sales is in cities. We would like to sell in bigger cities and areas with more apartment buildings. A rough estimate for a price the supplies would be the solar panel (15x7.5 in) would be $50, a 12-volt battery would be $40 and the wood would be about $40-$70. So the total cost would be about $160