This project is grounded in a clear technical vision but the concept is flexible and open to evolution based on student research, creativity, and insights. Students are encouraged to contribute new ideas, refine system architecture, or propose alternate approaches that enhance functionality or scalability. This project involves the full-cycle design and development of a smart solar-powered automation system for greenhouse environments. Students will build a hardware-software system from the ground up to control semi-transparent and transparent solar panels that regulate shading, temperature, and humidity inside greenhouses. The system will include environmental sensors (light, temperature, humidity), a motorized rotator, and a central IoT control unit. In addition to local automation, the project will include the development of a web-based application and backend system that tracks energy generation and consumption data, calculates energy savings, and enables simulated or real participation in net metering programs or energy trading platforms. This will help greenhouse operators quantify their environmental impact, track cost savings, and potentially sell surplus energy back to the grid or in future cross-border renewable energy markets. Design and prototype electromechanical systems (sensors, rotators, actuators) Develop IoT systems for data acquisition and real-time environmental monitoring Implement algorithms for dynamic solar panel positioning based on sensor feedback Build a user dashboard that visualizes climate and energy data Integrate logic to calculate energy savings and emissions reductions Simulate or prototype API connections to a net metering or energy trading interface Gain experience with renewable energy systems, greenhouse automation, and energy data modeling

Functional prototype: sensor module + rotator + control unit Embedded control logic for automated solar panel positioning IoT-enabled backend and dashboard interface for live data monitoring Energy tracking module that calculates generation, usage, and surplus Simulated interface for net metering or energy trading (e.g., export logs, cost savings, or credits) Full documentation including architecture diagrams, code, and test procedures Optional: Deployment demo on a greenhouse simulation or small-scale greenhouse model