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10 Reasons Why All Electric Homes Will Be the New Normal

Posted on 2020-12-202021-03-31 by Tomas Aguilar

We are in the midst of a climate emergency. We must eliminate carbon usage in our homes and everywhere else too. We still need to heat, cool, light, and operate our homes and electricity is a widespread commercially available alternative to fossil fuels. Every fossil fuel appliance now has an all electric counterpart that exceeds…

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Covid-19 and Interior Design (Part 5)

Posted on 2020-05-132020-05-15 by Tomas Aguilar

This post is the fifth in a series. Please read the main article before beginning this part. Due to the broad scope of the topic at hand this issue has been divided into multiple posts. Each post is centered around a topic related to homes might change as a result of Covid-19. Topics will be…

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Covid-19 and Integrated Tech (Part 4)

Posted on 2020-05-072020-05-13 by Tomas Aguilar

This post is the fourth in a series. Please read the main article before beginning this part. Due to the broad scope of the topic at hand this issue has been divided into multiple posts. Each post is centered around a topic related to homes might change as a result of Covid-19. Topics will be…

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It is Earth Day #50

Posted on 2020-04-222020-04-29 by Tomas Aguilar

And we are failing our planet miserably. JFK once said “Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country.” Well some wise folks at Commvault have remixed this to “Ask not what your planet can do for you. Ask what you can do for your planet.” In…

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Covid-19 and Construction Assemblies (Part 3)

Posted on 2020-04-142020-05-13 by Tomas Aguilar

This post is the third in a series. Please read the main article before beginning this part. Due to the broad scope of the topic at hand this issue has been divided into multiple posts. Each post is centered around a topic related to homes might change as a result of Covid-19. Topics will be…

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Covid-19 and Residential Construction Practices (Part 2)

Posted on 2020-04-122020-05-13 by Tomas Aguilar

This post is the second in a series. Please read the main article before beginning this part. Due to the complexity of the topic at hand this issue has been divided into multiple posts. Each post is centered around a topic related to homes might change as a result of Covid-19. Topics will be linked…

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Covid-19 and Home Space Planning (Part 1)

Posted on 2020-04-122020-05-13 by Tomas Aguilar

This post is the first in a series. Please read the main article before beginning this part. Due to the complexity of the topic at hand this issue has been divided into multiple posts. Each post is centered around a topic related to homes might change as a result of Covid-19. Topics will be linked…

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Covid-19 and Housing (Main)

Posted on 2020-04-102020-05-13 by Tomas Aguilar

I recently read an article about the influence of disease on bathroom design in the United States. This article made me wonder about the role of Covid-19 on the home. What kinds of impacts might this current pandemic have on the design and construction of our homes? Will it change where people want to live?…

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All Electric Homes are the Future

Posted on 2020-03-252020-12-09 by Tomas Aguilar

The goal of this post is to encourage people who are considering building a new home to go all electric. The main reason to do this is environmental. At the moment going all electric may cost a little bit more because of a lack of market penetration. However the cost disadvantages of the equipment required…

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The new home construction market mismatch

Posted on 2019-12-252020-04-11 by Tomas Aguilar

This post is an evaluation of the idea that new housing built today skews luxury while leaving affordable and mid-priced new home construction as under-served markets. To be clear this is a sub-issue of the larger issue which is a simple lack of sufficient supply as seen by the following quote from a research paper…

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