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Redesigning a Home for Accessibility and Sustainability

This report details the redesign of the McBride residence at 1221 Mayberry Lane, focusing on enhancing accessibility for homeowners Tom and Barb, who face various challenges due to age and health conditions. With a budget of $15,000, the suggested improvements include widening doorways and hallways, installing energy-efficient appliances, and creating a handicap-accessible kitchen. These changes aim to reduce their utility expenses, improve living conditions, and accommodate their specific needs while promoting sustainability in the home environment.

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Redesigning a Home for Accessibility and Sustainability

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  1. Redesigning A Home EDSGN 100 Section 205 Carly Bixler, Mike Palmer, Anne Pauley, Patrick Robb

  2. Table of Contents Background Opportunity Different Problems Constraints Our Solution Conclusion

  3. Background On Homeowners • Tom and Barb moved into 1221 Mayberry Lane in 1988 • World War II Veteran • Alzheimers, Wheelchair, Arthritis, Hearing Impaired • Extremely happy with house

  4. Opportunity • Sustainability • Ease of living

  5. Economic Sustainability Problems • Electric bills • Outdated appliances • Water bills • High water pressure, regular flow shower heads, top-load washers

  6. Social Sustainability Problems • Increase their "ease of living" • Narrow doorways • Basement is inaccessible • inefficient home cooling system

  7. Environmental Sustainability Problems • Use a lot of electricity • They use a lot of water

  8. Constraints • $15,000 budget • Wife in a wheelchair with alzheimers • Safety and code requirements • Size/structure of the home • The owner's interests • Expedience

  9. Potential Solutions • Low flow shower heads • Decrease overall water pressure • Front-loading washing machine • Solar panels • Central air conditioning • Expand hallway width

  10. Potential Solutions • Stair Lift For Basement • More efficient appliances • Fluorescent light bulbs • TV's with sleep timers • Air conditioners

  11. Handicap Accessible Kitchen • not one of specific homeowner concerns • We recognize the opportunity to design solutions for this situation.

  12. Handicap Accessible Kitchen Problems: • standard height countertops (too high) • difficult to reach across countertop depth • impossible to reach stove controls and freezer

  13. Handicap Accessible Kitchen Solutions: • lower counter height to 32" (ideally) • use storage such as revolving "lazy susan" to make counter depth accessible. • specialized handicap stove with controls on front • Use bottom-freezer unit

  14. Expanding Doorways/Hallways • Standard wheelchair width: • 24"-27" • ADA recommended minimum width: • 32" doorway width • 36" hallway width

  15. Expanding Doorways/Hallways • Back Deck Door • restricted opening from kitchen • change hinge/door type to allow door to open to exterior wall • Bathroom Door • restricted opening into bathroom • current doorknob collides with tub surround • pocket door

  16. Sustainable Solutions • GE Profile Frontload Washer & Dryer • 150 kwh per year, saving $30 per year • eWash and eDry options cut down energy bills by 10% • Fluorescent light bulbs • Low flow shower heads

  17. These solutions make the home more sustainable • Environmentally • Uses less resources • Economically • Smaller bills • Socially • house is more livable

  18. Conclusion • The McBrides are happy with their home, but there is always room for improvement. • Solutions: • widening hallways/doorways • low-flow showerheads • front load washer and dryer

  19. Resources "ADA Home Page - Ada.gov - Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act." ADA Home Page - Ada.gov - Information and Technical Assistance on the Americans with Disabilities Act. ADA, n.d. Web. 05 Aug. 2012. <http://www.ada.gov/>. Verwymeren, Adam. "Do Front-Load Washers Save Money, or Just Water?" Fox News. FOX News Network, 16 Feb. 2011. Web. 05 Aug. 2012. <http://www.foxnews.com/leisure/2011/02/14/load-washers-save-money-just-water/>. http://www.adaptiveaccess.com/home_changes.php

  20. Questions?

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