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Home automation is more than buzzwords. In this video, master builder Matt Risinger reviews the EcoNet at the Rheem booth at IBS. Risinger claims that the product solves a lot of challenges for the homeowner. Home automation automatically makes us think of lighting or other controls. When you view the screen of the EcoNet product, however, we see that 65% of the home's energy use is either from water heating or the furnace. When we control those two things, that's a lot of control, not just for our primary home, but also potentially a vacation home, a rental, or even grandma's. It works by connecting the Rheem furnace and water heater to the EcoNet bridge. The app then gives you control of both. For a water heater, check temperature, change to vacation mode and even get alerts. The water heater, for example, features a leak detection system. When you click on the alert, it tells you exactly what is failing and also provides the contractor's information, enabling a one-click contact to begin the repair process. The contractor, based on the alert code, will have the right parts with them when they arrive.
Episodes
IBS 2015 - Science behind HouseWraps w/ Mark LaLiberte - DuPont Tyvek Booth
Episode 3
If you're building a house it's important to minimize the effects of water, moisture and air. In this video, master builder Matt Risinger interviews DuPont Tyvek's Mark LaLiberte at the Tyvek booth at a recent International Builders Show.
IBS 2015 Cosella Drken Booth - Waterproofing for Walls, Roofs, and Basements
Episode 4
While Casella Dörken's products have been around for a long time, many have not been available in the U.S. In this video, Matt Risinger, master builder, regularly uses the company's products including Delta stucco and stone products and Delta Vent SA.
IBS 2015 - Drainable Housewrap - TamlynWrap
Episode 5
Matt Risinger pops in from the 2015 IBS show at the Tamlyn booth, where Tamlyn is debuting a new house wrap product called TamlynWrap. This is a truly unique product that includes an integrated rainscreen—a 3-D mesh overtop of the housewrap that allows for drainage behind the siding.
IBS 2015 - New Product OSI Quad MAX - Ultimate Sealant
Episode 7
At the International Build Show, master builder, Matt Risinger checks out the Quad MAX product. In this video, Risinger leads with a builder's problem when there's been a freeze and the sealant that you're planning on using is frozen solid.
2015 IBS - That's a Wrap! Parting words...
Episode 9
Matt Risinger wraps up the 2015 International Builders Show. He's walks 45,000 steps over the past three days. Risinger had a blast scoring some cool interviews and even meeting some of his heroes from This Old House, including Steve Thomas and Tom Silva.
