Green Final Project Proposal

What materials could you use to ensure that the project is as environmentally friendly as possible? Will you use existing material supplies (e.g., PVC tubes) and wastes?

• I plan to use eco-friendly materials like recycled PVC tubes for the structure because they’re durable and widely available. I’ll also try to repurpose waste materials, like old plastic bottles or containers, to make the project more sustainable and fridnely.

How can you maximize the growing surface?

• I guess  sticking to existing materials like PVC tubes, which are practical and cost-effective. Plus, I want to experiment with cycling waste materials wherever possible to be more eco-friendly.

Does it make sense to have the system free-standing or attached to a wall?

• Attached to a wall is not a good idea, it's the same form, but we can make it like a set of tubes connected together. both ideas seems to be good, we can fit them according to the needed space.

How could you expand the system further using one pump and monitoring station?

• we can make it in a vertical way just as the picture, the two systems can lead into the same way.

What are the limits of the system?

• We can't plant and roots plants, just as potatoes, as it grows under ground.

How will you address cleaning of the system?

• It can be wiped every once and while, also the duch needs to be washed every wash, it can be cleaned in an easy way.

How will the user harvest crops?

• just by cutting the plant from above the root. it's very straight forward just the user need to pick up the plant from the tower and eat.

Will the system be maintained by the user? (How will they be onboarded?)Will you maintain the system as part of a service?

• The system is very straight forward for the user, and it has a long life cycle. etc. plastic is very thick. and strong we can just provide them with a user guide on how and when we need to put nutrient to the water. however, if needed and requested we can provide and parts that get damaged, like the pump maybe.

• Also serves can be provided on 

Are there other secondary functions you could include as part of the design (e.g., waterfall for humidity, ionization, air cleaning, etc.)?

• This is a great ideas too, we can incorporate  

• The PVC Tower:
  The main structure where the plants grow. It’s vertical to save space and make the system compact. or we can make it in a vertical net to use more wall space, this is more like an upgrade.

• The Water Dutch/Water Bottle:
  This is the container that holds the nutrient-rich water and circulates it through the tower.

• The Monitoring Unit Shell:
  A box (probably laser-cut) that protects the sensors and the Arduino. It contain all the sensors and electric stuff.

Sensors:

• TDS Sensor: Measures how much nutrient is in the water.

• EC Sensor: Checks how well the water can carry nutrients to the plants.

• PH Sensor: Makes sure the water’s acidity is just right for the plants.

• Temperature Sensor: Monitors the water’s temperature to keep it ideal for plant growth.

• Light Sensor: Measures how much light the plants are getting and suggests if you need to move the tower.

• Timer: Turns the water pump on and off every 20 minutes to keep the plants watered.

Mobile App:
we can cooperate it to be able to see all this sensor data and get updates or tips from the app.

Physical Actions:

• An LCD Screen that display the Realtime sensors data.

• A push button to Activate the reading ( To save energy)

• The water pump that moves the nutrient solution through the tower.

• A heater keeps the water at the right temperature.

• LED lights can help plants grow indoors if there isn’t enough natural light (Option we can make).

• App - We can incorporate a mobile App Application, The app will show real-time data from the sensors.

Arduino Uno:

• The brain of the system. It will collect data from the sensors, controls the pump and heater, and sends the info to the mobile app. 

The Arduino will be operating using electricity, perhaps we can Add:

• A solar panel or a small wind turbine to generate power from sunlight or water flow, we need to have a backup power source too, to keeps it running even if there’s no electricity, that will be nice to have.