The green corridor

The green corridor is a project on smart cities, green cities and renewable resources.

1. The Green Corridor an approach towards Smart and Green Cities Technology bucket: Smart cities and green energy Team Leader : Shashank Dubey Category : Hardware © Team TechStar

2. Introduction The green corridor is a project on smart cities, green cities and renewable resources. In this proposed work ,we will work with the principles of piezoelectric effect We use piezoelectric sensors (basically transducers) as the heart of this project. The main motto of our project is to generate green energy. We believe in small innovators , Big innovations.

3. Background of Innovation Today’s megacities need to develop themselves on following parameters : Pollution Green Energy Scarcity of land 9 out of every 10 people in the world breathe polluted air 9 out of top 10 polluted cities of the world are in India itself. Around 3.8 million people died in 2016 due to pollution. Non-renewable sources makes up 85% of worldwide energy usage. In the last 50 years, the global energy demand has tripled. It is projected to triple again over the next 30 years. The above data shows that there is a need of an alternative and the best approach is to make our livelihood smarter thus making our cities smart cities and green cities.

4. Problem statement There is a variety of fuels used to generate energy and all impact the environment. Fossil fuel power plants release a huge amount of air pollution. Nuclear power plants generate and accumulate a large quantity of radioactive waste. Hydal power plants affects aquatic habitat. Windmills affects birds Assume if we can build cities with smart infrastructure having smart transportation system that helps in generating energy with a negligible amount of pollution.

5. Solution The main motto of our proposed work is to generate electricity using the principle of piezoelectric effect. In the complete project we will develop a corridor where all the energy generated from that corridor is green energy. There are different modules of implementation phase MODULE 1: In this module, we will develop new kind of roads and footpaths. This road and footpath will differ from traditional roads because it will include lots of piezoelectric transducers MODULE 2 : In this module, we will develop and place piezoelectric transducers on or inside the tires of the vehicles. MODULE 3 : This is the last module in which the energy will be generated from our running shoes. We will place a piezoelectric transducer inside the sole of the shoes and attach a small power storage device to the circuitry.

6. Prototype Piezoelectric transducer