{"id":8232,"date":"2024-04-19T15:33:27","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T15:33:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randbplumbing.ca\/?p=8232"},"modified":"2024-04-24T18:01:56","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T18:01:56","slug":"future-proof-your-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randbplumbing.ca\/future-proof-your-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Future-Proofing Your Home: Aging in Place with Sustainable Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"
As my mother would say, \u201cin 100 years we\u2019ll all be dead and nobody will care\u201d. I think she was referring to an embarrassment I was suffering as a teenager, but I recall those words now – not only as a philosophy for \u2018don\u2019t sweat the small stuff\u2019 but also as sign of the times that we lived in then. Nobody thought about the environment, or the newest buzz word, electrification. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Electrification\u2026 it seems to be another one of those made up sounding terms like \u2018atmospheric river\u2019 but it has real meaning in today\u2019s world. In the lower mainland it seems that natural gas is on the outs and electrical power is in vogue as a safe and more importantly, clean, alternative. For that to work, similar to the electric stove breakthrough of 100 years ago, it needs to come back into our homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The challenge is that in this time of immediacy, we are asking for homeowners to spend on things that they may not ever be the one to take advantage of. That\u2019s a challenging ask when the cost of housing and other finical pressures are already high. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nevertheless, advancements in technology and a keen awareness of sustainability are making it easier than ever to future-proof our homes while minimizing our environmental footprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We have manufactures developing new technologies all the time to solve different problems like toilets overflowing, or high energy consumption, or excessive water use. They work for years on developing these products. They are future thinkers and I\u2019d imagine that they have all kinds of money at their back fanning the flames of invention. All this effort can\u2019t be effective if the consumer doesn\u2019t buy and install it. Development and invention mean nothing without adoption. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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