A round-table luncheon sponsored by Rheem, brought together builders and tech experts to explore the future of smart HVAC.

NOT FAR FROM THE PCBC EXHIBITION in San Diego last month, some of our Green Builder staff joined leading green pros for a lunch brainstorming session. The guest list included building specialists, purchasing agents, electronics specifiers, and builders. The topic du jour, what will it take to bring  home energy management into the mainstream of homebuilding?

“First of all, we need to realize that this is just beginning,” noted Erik Randolph, owner of Home Technology Center in San Diego. “We haven’t even learned to crawl yet in the energy management business. But we need to learn to get up and walk, then run.”