A round-table luncheon sponsored by Rheem, brought together builders, tech experts to explore the future of smart HVAC.
Not far from the PCBC conference in San Diego last month, some of our Green Builder staff joined leading green pros for a lunch brainstorming session. The topic du jour, what will it take to bring home Energy Management into the mainstream of homebuilding?
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“First of all, we need to realize that this is just beginning,” notes Eric Randolph of HTC 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.”
Other attendees confirmed that analysis. Most that I spoke to were either just learning about wifi controls for the home, or focused on one specific application. This is all good news for manufacturers such as Rheem. While energy management brands on the commercial side have been active for several years, the homebuilding arena is a true “white space,” where the future of smart grids, smart homes and smart hvac is yet to be written.
