Ventilation

Project Charter __**House Ventilation**__

Description

 * Partner with the White County affiliate of Habitat for Humanity to design and implement a low cost, energy-efficient, home ventilation system.

Objectives

 * Research, plan, design and implement an energy efficient and cost effective ventilation system for the woodruff II house, keeping future builds in mind.

Outcomes or Deliverables

 * Completed, working, safe, method to ventilate the woodruff II house.
 * Research to give suggestions for future White County builds.

Critical Dates

 * Finish written report ~ November 2011

Estimated Budget

 * Unknown. As low cost as possible.

Community Partners

 * Habitat for Humanity White County Affiliate

Stakeholders

 * Rich Wells
 * Lance Gibson
 * Harding University
 * Team Members**
 * David Bell

__**House Ventilation Final Report**__ In order to prevent formatting problems by posting my final report in the wiki itself, it is available for download in .pdf and .docx formats


 * ** TASK STATUS REPORT 5 ** ||
 * ** Project Description: ** |||||| Design a ventilation system for future HFHWC builds ||
 * ** Project Sponsor: ** || HFHWC || ** Sponsor Rep: ** || Rick Eichhorn ||
 * ** Program Manager: ** || Rich Wells || ** Project Manager: ** || David Bell ||
 * ** Period Covered by the Report: ** |||||| Tue, 8 Nov. to Tue 13 Dec. ||
 * ** Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Learned how blower door test results can be related to fresh air leakage
 * Wrote up a few formulas and a graph to explain this relationship
 * Found EnergyStar requirements for bathroom and kitchen ventilation
 * Decided on 2 final solutions to suggest to Habitat for Humanity
 * Completed final written report
 * Completed slides for Habitat for Humanity presentation ||
 * ** Planned But Not Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * None. ||
 * ** Objectives To Next Reporting Period: ** ||
 * * Relax ||
 * ** Risks/Outstanding Issues/Problems: ** ||
 * * None. ||


 * **TASK STATUS REPORT 4 ** ||
 * **Project Description: ** |||||| Design a ventilation system for future HFHWC builds ||
 * **Project Sponsor: ** || HFHWC || **Sponsor Rep: ** || Rick Eichhorn ||
 * **Program Manager: ** || Rich Wells || **Project Manager: ** || David Bell ||
 * **Period Covered by the Report: ** |||||| Tue, Oct 11 to Tue, 8 Nov. ||
 * **Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Learned from Tony Floyd what type of whole-house ventilation system is recommended for this region
 * Worked on final report
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Researched for information about energy cost of adding a whole-house ventilation system
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Read about the Trane FreshEffects ventilation unit and similar units
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Planned But Not Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Find out energy loss and added cost of adding a Trane FreshEffects ventilation system. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Objectives To Next Reporting Period: ** ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Work on final written report
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Find out energy loss and added cost of adding a Trane FreshEffects ventilation system. ||
 * **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Risks/Outstanding Issues/Problems: ** ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Spending more time on the bike generator project ||
 * * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Spending more time on the bike generator project ||

Here is a rough outline of the report i am working on. I am aware that this is not complete.
 * ** TASK STATUS REPORT 3 ** ||
 * ** Project Description: ** |||||| Design a ventilation system for future HFHWC builds ||
 * ** Project Sponsor: ** || HFH || ** Sponsor Rep: ** || Rick Eichhorn ||
 * ** Program Manager: ** || Rich Wells || ** Project Manager: ** || David Bell ||
 * ** Period Covered by the Report: ** |||||| Sept 27 to Oct 11 ||
 * ** Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Learned about all the major types of ventilation systems for homes including rough costs of different types
 * Wrote an outline of the types of ventilation systems available ||
 * ** Planned But Not Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Get the necessary contact information from Rich Wells
 * Get in contact with HVAC person for HFH White County
 * ** Objectives To Next Reporting Period: ** ||
 * * Get the necessary contact information from Rich Wells
 * Get in contact with HVAC person for HFH White County
 * Finish written report about ventilation solutions
 * Gather more details about costs of different systems ||
 * ** Risks/Outstanding Issues/Problems: ** ||
 * * None are apparent at the present time ||
 * * None are apparent at the present time ||


 * ** TASK STATUS REPORT 2 ** ||
 * ** Project Description: ** |||||| Design a ventilation system for future HFHWC builds ||
 * ** Project Sponsor: ** || HFHWC || ** Sponsor Rep: ** || Rick Eichhorn ||
 * ** Program Manager: ** || Rich Wells || ** Project Manager: ** || David Bell ||
 * ** Period Covered by the Report: ** |||||| Tue, 13 Sept. to Tue, 27 Sept. ||
 * ** Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Began reading some literature about needs and types of home ventilations systems
 * Learned from Rick Eichhorn about the basics of the previous habitat home ventilation systems, or lack there-of.
 * Learned about radon, and its affects in Arkansas.
 * Learned first-hand the importance of good ventilation while I was sick this week.
 * I gained a better scope of this project
 * Completed CPM chart for this project ||
 * ** Planned But Not Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Determine level of ventilation needed in a habitat home
 * Determine rough budget for ventilation needed ventilation system ||
 * ** Objectives To Next Reporting Period: ** ||
 * * Determine level of ventilation needed in a habitat home
 * Continue research of home ventilation systems
 * Find research on the cost/benefits of good and bad home ventilation ||
 * ** Risks/Outstanding Issues/Problems: ** ||
 * * Prioritizing research
 * Running out of time ||
 * ** TASK STATUS REPORT ** ||
 * ** Project Description: ** |||||| Design a house ventilation system for future builds. ||
 * ** Project Sponsor: ** || HFH || ** Sponsor Rep: ** || Rick Eichhorn ||
 * ** Program Manager: ** || Rich Wells || ** Project Manager: ** || David Bell ||
 * ** Period Covered by the Report: ** |||||| Tue 6 Sep to Tue 13 Sep, 2011. ||
 * ** Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Found several good reports on house ventilation online using the Habitat website.
 * Researched the need to ventilate a house and methods of doing so. ||
 * ** Planned But Not Accomplished This Period: ** ||
 * * Find out how past White County Habitat for Humanity homes are ventilated. ||
 * ** Objectives To Next Reporting Period: ** ||
 * * Find out how past White County Habitat for Humanity homes are ventilated.
 * Determine the level of ventilation needed in a Habitat home.
 * Find out how much was spent on ventilation for the last habitat build.
 * Determine rough budget for this ventilation system. ||
 * ** Risks/Outstanding Issues/Problems: ** ||
 * * Finding records and information about past Habitat builds may be difficult or not possible. ||