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Habitat For Humanity
October 2, 2001
Team Organization
Team Leader – Jimmy Johnson
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Web / Architectural
Team
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Prathima
Venkatesan
Jimmy Johnson
Berook Moges
Sam Jin
Renae Hopf
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Energy Efficiency
Team
 Anshul Mangal
 Matt Selvey
 Rachel Austin
 Chris Costanzo
Overview
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Web / Architectural
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Database
Volunteer Tutorials
Energy Efficiency
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Setback Thermostats
Solar Fan
Point of Sales Database
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Purpose
 Track inventory and
donors in the Habitat
resale store
 Increase the
organization and
maintainability of the
resale store
 Potential addition to
resale stores at other
HFH locations
Jimmy, Prathima,
Sam, Barook
Point of Sales Database
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Status
 Completely functional
 Working database currently being tested by
Habitat
 Bar-coding systems being researched
Timeline
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Week 7-Contact Habitat and answer any questions
they may have; Begin review and design of barcoding system utilizing VB
Week 8-Update database to meet new requests
Week 9-Setup revised database in retail store
Jimmy, Prathima,
Sam, Barook
Volunteer Tutorials
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Purpose
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Provide fast, effective training for those involved in
the construction process
Video tutorials target college students with high
speed internet access
Status
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16 text tutorials are currently accessible on web
Drywall video is recorded
Waiting for integration of digital video to
compliment tutorials
Jimmy, Prathima,
Sam, Barook
Volunteer Tutorials
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Timeline
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Renae
Week 8-Continue research on how to
present video in most effective manner
Visit habitat worksite during Blitz build to
take more video
Week 9-Integrate video with current
website
Volunteer Tutorials
Renae
Setback Thermostat
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Purpose
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Status
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Lower energy usage of the house by implementing
temperature control thermostats
Names and address of homeowners known
Thermostat tutorial modified and complete
Presentation to homeowner planned
Timeline
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Week 8 – Meet with the homeowners and present to them
the benefits of properly using the thermostat
Rachel, Chris
Set-Back Thermostat
 Programmable thermostats can lower
energy use in home
Modeled in Energy-10
software package
Rachel, Chris
Set-Back Thermostat
Rachel, Chris
Rachel, Chris
Rachel, Chris
Solar Powered Attic Fan
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Purpose
 To provide cost effective and low maintenance solution to
having low air circulation in a habitat for humanity home
Status
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Found and came up with fixes for design flaws on the previous
solar powered attic fan
Designed a new solar powered attic fan
Ordered parts to construct a new fan
Timeline
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Anshul, Matt
Week 10 – Finish construction of the new solar powered attic fan
Week 11 – Finish analysis of the attic fan using Energy 10
Energy 10 Analysis
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Purpose
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Status
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Model the attic fan in Energy 10 software
to obtain energy savings information
Software installed on some computers
Timeline
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Week 11-Data will be generated for the
attic fan
Team Conclusions
Arch/Web Team
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Resale Database
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Updated database is currently being tested by Habitat
Future implementation of bar-coding
Tutorials
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Update, revise, and add to current tutorials
Research best way to present materials
Integrate video with current text tutorials
Team Conclusions
Energy Team
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Setback Thermostat:
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Presentation is ready to give to homeowners
Energy bills will be collected and analyzed
Estimated $50 - $80 savings a year
Solar Power Exhaust Fan
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Components have been ordered
Fan will be modeled using Energy 10