Jessica Bigham, Kevin Farley, Chris Mitchell, Morgan Oster

Design Process

Customer Needs Conceptualization

Literature and Patent SearchesBenchmarkingProduct Dissection

Revise and Redesign Concept Selection Detail Design

Project ManagmentTask Date Started Date Finished Days Needed Slack

Start Oct. 23 Oct. 23 0 0

Project Management Oct. 23 Oct. 24 1 0

Customer Needs Oct. 24 Oct. 26 2 0

External Search Oct. 26 Oct. 26 0 0

Internal Search Oct. 26 Nov. 11 16 0

Literature Searches Oct. 26 Nov. 11 16 0

Patent Searches Oct. 26 Oct. 30 4 12

Benchmarking Oct. 26 Nov. 11 16 0

Generate Ideas Nov. 11 Nov. 14 3 0

Preliminary Design Nov. 14 Nov. 17 3 0

Test preliminary design Nov. 17 Nov. 21 4 0

Revise Ideas Nov. 21 Nov. 22 1 0

Select Design Nov. 22 Nov. 22 0 0

Detailed Designs Nov. 22 Nov. 25 3 0

Report Nov. 25 Dec. 4 9 0

Powerpoint Nov. 25 Nov. 30 5 4

Visuals for Presentation Nov. 25 Nov. 30 5 4

Practice Dec. 4 Dec. 7 3 0

Final Touches Dec. 7 Dec. 9 2 0

Project Due Dec. 9 Dec. 9 0 0

Customer Needs

1. Eco-Friendly (0.23,0.23)

1.1 Use solar panels for electricity (0.077, 0.33)

1.2 Use sunlight to heat house and water (0.077, 0.33)

1.3 Cool house efficiently (0.077, 0.33)

2. Appearance of house (0.21,0.21)

2.1 Reasonable amount of windows (0.07, 0.33)

2.2 Size of window (0.07, 0.33)

2.3 Pleasing to the eye (0.07, 0.33)

3. Safety (0.51, 0.51)

3.1 Low maintenance (0.51, 0.51)

4. Inexpensive (0.05, 0.05)

Revised Problem Statement Our target population is homeowners

looking to save energy through daylighting

Use natural sources to light and heat a house without releasing heat in winter and retaining heat in the summer.

Concepts

For our concepts we focused particularly on the windows and how we could light the house better and make it more eye pleasing

Concepts

Shade vs. Tint vs. Nothing Plants indoor vs. Plant outdoors Glass vs. Plastic One pane vs. Two pane Screen vs. No screen Opening up vs. Opening out

Criteria for Selection

Safety Expense Amount of light coming in Heat efficient Pleasing to the eye

Bill of Materials Each garden window is $514

48x36x12There are five total

Top skylightMade up of ten 21 1/2 x 46 3/8 inSafety glass$202 each

Skylight on the side it tinted Total cost of all windows is $4,590 Low-E2, Argon Gas Filled Comfortplus

Glass

Comfortplus glass

Comfortplus glass features a double-layer of low-E coating for increased energy efficiency plus a laminated pane for added safety and protection from fade-causing UV rays

Sketch of Final Design

Sketch of Design (side)

Sketch of Design (top)

Engineering Analysis

Reduced energy costs Windows allow enough light to come in Safe Money saved over time will surpass the

cost for the windows

Conclusions

Meets problem statement requests Meets all customer needs