Pignon, Haiti School Electrical System

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Engineers Without Borders Lycee Nationale
Secondary School PV Project Pignon,
Haiti Presented by Ross Brazzale
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Presentation Outline

• Project Background
• république dhaïti
• ngo haiti outreach
• architecture that matters
• Assessment Trip
• travel arrangements
• community needs
• System Design
• design resources
• technical diagrams

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Project Background
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République d'Haïti

• 600 miles from Florida
• Illiteracy is about 50
• The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere
• 80 of population are unemployed subsistence
  farmers
• Ranks last on the international water poverty
  index

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Pignon
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Pignon, Haïti

• Town population 7,000
• Surrounding population 30,000
• Saturday market town
• Hospital run by Dr. Guy
• Hillary Clinton visited
• Rotary International Chapter
• Agriculture
• Sugar cane
• Beans
• Grapefruit
• Rum factory

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Haiti Outreach

• Their mission is to collaborate with the people
  of Haiti to build and maintain community-initiated
  projects that advance their development.

• Established for 10 yrs
• Drill wells and build schools
• Offices in Minnesota and Pignon, Haiti
• In-country director Neil Van Dine (20 yrs in
  Haiti)?
• IIT has first student chapter

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Lycee Nationale Pignon Secondary School

• 600 students
• 7 classrooms
• No electricity
• Lack of running Water
• Poor Sanitation

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• a proposal from the community..

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School Expansion Project

• Developed by IIT students and faculty in
  Architecture Civil Engineering
• Led by architect Mark Taylor (now at UIUC)?
• Unique concrete design

ARCHITECURE THAT MATTERS
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Assessment Trip
January 2008
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Travel Arrangements

• Day 1
• Chicago to Miami
• Day 2
• Miami to Port Au Prince
• Port Au Prince to Pignon
• (Planned by Haiti Outreach)?

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Travelers

• 5 IIT Students
• Kat and Adam from EWB
• 3 students from Haiti Outreach
• 1 IIT Staff Member
• 1 Haiti Outreach Guide
• Met group in Miami
• 17th trip to Haiti

Travel Safety Checklist- Hepatitis A B shots,
Typhoid pills, Malaria pills- Mosquito Repellent
Sunscreen- Antibacterial Hand Sanitizer Soap
(Lots of it!!)- First Aid Kit
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Lycee Nationale Learning Environment

• Dim natural light
• No computers
• Overcrowded
• Limited facility use

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Meeting with School Officials

• Talked with principal and teachers about their
  requests
• Enough electricity for lights and a computer lab
• Measured rooms in new old building

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Helping Haiti Outreach in LaVictoire
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System Design
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Our Solution

• Photovoltaic System
• Electricity day or night
• Classroom lighting for new building
• Electricity for computers
• Management plan

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Design Resources

• Professional Mentors
• Tom Debates
• EWB Chicago member
• PV Installer
• Will travel to Haiti
• Krishna Pagilla
• Professor of Environmental Engineering at IIT
• EWB-IIT Faculty Advisor
• Has been to Haiti

Photovoltaics A Design and Installation
ManualBy Solar Energy International
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Wiring Diagram
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Electrical System
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Project Impacts

• Expanded educational opportunities for Pignon
  students
• Project experience for EWB and Haiti Outreach
• Opportunity for future projects in Haiti

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learn and make a difference in Haiti
ARCHITECURE THAT MATTERS