Being bogged down in grad school I find myself with a lot of time to think on this project and very little time to move the ball forward. :/

In that vein, the home was constructed with in duct vents to (attempt to) turn off the HVAC to parts of the house. Currently I have the unoccupied rooms always turned off while leaving the master bedroom and most of the downstairs on constantly. Wouldn't it be nice to be able to use servos to open and close the vents on command? That way when we retire to the upstairs for the evening we can simply close the vents downstairs and in the morning vice versa?