“I must say that it is an exploratory project,” said UW-Madison graduate student Maitreyee Sanjiv Marathe. “I will not claim by any means that this is the solution for energy access for people experiencing homelessness or underserved communities, but it is definitely one of the pieces of the puzzle.”
The idea was generated in a UW-Madison competition called the Solympics in summer 2021. The task was to create kiosk prototypes for the Great Lakes Community Conservation Corps, an organization out of Racine that serves young adults and military veterans.