Craig Savage's Page

"Hello Tom We are working with A.O. Smith, GE and Stiebel Eltron on a Building America task to drive the uptake of HPWH technology, so I'm in no position to pick a favorite brand. You might be interested in Alex Wilson's take on the…"

"Craig: I was serious, since my propane price jumped from .98 to 1.85! according to everyone the GE is junk with a heat pump made in china(play on words) GE heat pump h2o htr . The smart money says purchase an AO Smith or better  60…"

"Hello Tom Not sure if you are being sarcastic, but a serious answer would be that GE is selling their completely  "made in USA" heat pump water heater with a 10 year warranty on both parts and labor....And the DOE/Building America…"

"Craig: do you have a diagram of one that will run longer than one year? They don't really seem to work in practice, do they?"

"In regards to dirty workplace and delicate mobile devices, the industry might take a lesson from the dirt bike racers who have peel-off layers on their protective visors..."

"Foam and dust, etc. are definitely issues to be resolved. Google Glass comes to mind -- perhaps a tad prematurely, but these "computers as glasses" have -- or will have -- the ability to record what we are seeing and index…"

"Our company does a lot of work with Articulate as a distance training software platform. We are waiting, not so patiently, for them to release an iOS friendly (e.g. not FLASH) version. Overnight that would let training content be freely available in…"

"Lester, you must be reading my dumpster trash, which is close to, but not to be confused with, my mind.  Using cloud-based technologies to do what you are describing..essentially creating a self inspection system, is IMHOP the only way we are…"

"Nice round up of remote information gathering tools, Lester. I'm not sure if it's available on a house by house basis just yet, but Essess (www.essess.com) is currently doing IR photography -- think Street View with IR cameras -- of…"

"Greg, Nice use of the Panorama photo. http://blog.lamidesign.com/2012/03/all-about-swedish-standard-house.htmlIt is an information rich platform, very well suited to visual learners -- as many constructors tend to be. Sav  "

"Greg I want to commend you on a very nicely produced series. I especially like the way you explain concepts using the 3D (SketchUP?) images side-by side, and the innovative, "off the cuff" voice-over explainations that make…"

"Timely, related article about a new social app called HouseFix   http://techcrunch.com/2011/09/12/housefix-bringing-social-recommendations-and-accountability-to-home-improvement/    HouseFix: Bringing Social Recommendations…"

"You had me, Ed, right up until you tried to solve the problem by building a geodesic dome over the FLW structure. I've never seen a dome that didn't leak....of course the leak was usually near a section of wall that was un-furnishable, so…"