Elderly residents at Sai Birdh Ashram, a non-profit old age home supported by Manav Sewa Sadan, Patiala, face severe challenges due to unreliable electricity and a lack of clean drinking water. These issues disrupt essential services, compromise resident health, and strain the Ashram’s limited budget with rising utility costs.
The project team from Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Patiala, Punjab, is developing and deploying a cost-effective, solar-powered smart utility system to address these critical needs. This solution includes a 5 kW solar PV system with battery backup, smart load management, an IoT-based monitoring system, and a solar-powered water purification system.
This initiative will restore comfort and safety for the elderly residents by ensuring uninterrupted power, access to clean drinking water, and efficient energy utilization.
This project was made possible by $9,970 in funding from the Industry Application Society (IAS), an EPICS in IEEE partner.