PRG/211 Week 5 Team Assignment
Team A Home Maintenance Program
PRG/211
Home Maintenance Program
Home maintenance has long been a foe for homeowners. Unfortunately, if homeowners fail to accomplish key maintenance tasks their home and bank accounts will suffer (Gromicko & Tarasenko, 2013). The cause of this is a large problem that needs to be corrected. To aid homeowners in accomplishing the required maintenance tasks, as well as motivated them, a Home Maintenance program has been developed.
Through use of the Home Maintenance program the user The correction to this problem is a Home Maintenance Program that homeowners can simply log into and answer a few yes or no questions to receive a list of tasks so they can view what will that require completion in order to help maintain their home. their homes maintenance needs. To help motivate the homeowner to accomplish the recommended maintenance tasks the program will Through answering these questions the homeowner will be given an estimated percentagesavings percentage that will allow them the user to visualize how much money they could possibly save every month.
The maintenance tasks procedures that the homeowners will be presented with are not random items, but tasks recommended by the National Healthy Housing Standard (NCHH) (NCHH, 2008). hing new. They These tasks are actually important to check every season in order to obtain the maximum efficiency out of the homes equipment. and wWith the use of the this program the homeowner will be able to make obtain a simple check list of recommended maintenance tasks to improveing their overall homes efficiency.
Many of the recommended tasks can improve a homeowner’s ones energy savings by as much as 1% per month (NCHH, 2008). It may not seem like a lot upfront, but over the course of a year all the saving can will add up to a significant amount. The home maintenance program also gives homeowners an idea of regular maintenance that is required and may prevent thousands of dollars in
PRG/211
Home Maintenance Program
Home maintenance has long been a foe for homeowners. Unfortunately, if homeowners fail to accomplish key maintenance tasks their home and bank accounts will suffer (Gromicko & Tarasenko, 2013). The cause of this is a large problem that needs to be corrected. To aid homeowners in accomplishing the required maintenance tasks, as well as motivated them, a Home Maintenance program has been developed.
Through use of the Home Maintenance program the user The correction to this problem is a Home Maintenance Program that homeowners can simply log into and answer a few yes or no questions to receive a list of tasks so they can view what will that require completion in order to help maintain their home. their homes maintenance needs. To help motivate the homeowner to accomplish the recommended maintenance tasks the program will Through answering these questions the homeowner will be given an estimated percentagesavings percentage that will allow them the user to visualize how much money they could possibly save every month.
The maintenance tasks procedures that the homeowners will be presented with are not random items, but tasks recommended by the National Healthy Housing Standard (NCHH) (NCHH, 2008). hing new. They These tasks are actually important to check every season in order to obtain the maximum efficiency out of the homes equipment. and wWith the use of the this program the homeowner will be able to make obtain a simple check list of recommended maintenance tasks to improveing their overall homes efficiency.
Many of the recommended tasks can improve a homeowner’s ones energy savings by as much as 1% per month (NCHH, 2008). It may not seem like a lot upfront, but over the course of a year all the saving can will add up to a significant amount. The home maintenance program also gives homeowners an idea of regular maintenance that is required and may prevent thousands of dollars in
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