Habitat House

Description:
We are building a habitat for humanity home for the Torson family.  This family consist of one person, Colyn Torson, a twenty one year old Computer Softwear Engineer. This house is supposed to be a two bedroom, two bathroom, home that is less than nine hundered square feet. Requirements of Colyn Torson included few/no windows in areas with prevailing winds, heater close to plumbing fixtures, windows facing south on the house, and his kitchen and dining together. These were accomplished when we designed the house. Most of our windows evade prevailing winds making the house able to insulate heat better. We combined the kitchen with the dining to make the room feel more spacy. And our heater is located inbetween most of the plumbing fixtures making it easy to transport water. Some of the design features that we incorperated in the house include Energy Star rated appliances. We also created a crawl space for extra room and it made everything easier to get water to. Even though it was tough to make the house green, meet the requirements of Mr. Torson, and meet the requirements of habitat for humanity, we created a design that pleased all.


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Water Supply Calc.

 I found, based on the distance from the water source and pipes, that the expected water pressure in the house will be 44.51, which is within the residential limits.


Storm Water Runoff
In the predevelopement, we found the Cf (runoff coefficent factor) to be 1.25 (100 year storm), C (runoff coefficent) to be .1, i(intensity) to be 3.05, and A(area) to be .5 acres. By using the formula Cf x C x i x A, we found the Q to be .2 cfs. The post developement was a little differnt. In the post developement, the i stayed the same at 3.05, and the acres stayed the same at .5. Also the Cf stayed the same at 1.25. The difference was the C. I had to take into account the roof of the house and the asphalt of the drive way. I found the C of each area and averaged them out.  After calculations, I found the C to be .1727. When I used the formula Cf x C x i x A, I found the Q to be .34 cfs.  In the end, we had a difference of .14 cfs.  To account for this change, it is best to use a ditch.