Sponsors/Current
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This page contains a list of current sponsors for the Drexel Smart House. This includes both sponsors from inside Drexel and external to Drexel.
Drexel Sponsors
Current
- Pennoni Honors College - provided support & guidance in founding & organizing the group
- Student Life and Administrative Services - the house
- College of Engineering - $5000 (most used to pay for the Design Competition Phase I Event)
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics - $1000 for 2 computers
- Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design - helped recruit students for Design Competition Phase I & facilitated Special Topics in Smart Design - Fall 2007
- Academic Properties, Inc. (API) - house maintenance & a $500 prize for the Design Competition Phase I
- Planning, Design, & Construction - developed plans for Drexel Smart House lab & a $300 prize for the Design Competition Phase I
- Office of Research - assists in grant applications
- Office of Government Relations - helped establish relationship with the Powelton Village Civic Association & helping with the PA Energy Harvest Grant
- Institutional Advancement - helped in planning the Design Competition Phase I & helping in creating a capital campaign
Committed
External Sponsors
Current
- CeeLite - CeeLite is donating LEC panels for the house. They are also matching the $20,000 from the Green Building Alliance Product Innovation Grant with product and engineering time to develop a product from their technology. Gabrielle Santulli, VP of Marketing, is the contact.
- Future Lighting Solutions - Future Lighting Solutions has provided LEDs for the Composite Solar Lighting project.
Committed
- ECORE International - ECORE International converts scrap tire rubber into flooring, sound insulation, and more. They are interested in donating flooring for the lab. Their products may also be useful in house for flooring and sound insulation. Andrew Dodge, VP of Gerbert Ltd. (daughter company), is the contact and a family friend of Jameson Detweiler.
- Haworth - Haworth is likely going to provide a raised floor for the lab and house. Their furniture would also be useful for furnishing the lab. Lisa Teman-Rosenburg, Business Development Director, is the contact.
- Bettinger West - Bettinger West is a commercial interiors company. They specialize in underfloor air systems. They will likely be providing an HVAC system for the lab and possibly for the house. They have close ties with Haworth. Wil Bailey is the contact.
- Drexel Metals - Pri, Patrick, and Aleksandra met with Brian Partyka (President), commitment reference per email between Aleks and Brian.
