Comments by "alex smith" (@alexsmith-ob3lu) on "Why Do American Homes Suck?" video.

  1. I love your noble ideas for the environment and building wide energy efficiency, but your ideas only work well for a modest density, residential house (detached, semi-detached, row-house etc.). When it comes to commercial, institutional, industrial and larger residential homes (four-plex and condos), it’s not just about throwing lots of money into PV cells, green roofs, and grey water toilets. These are complicated things, and most property owners of these large facilities are better off investing in a proper maintenance staff (which they don’t), and in the end, there is no “cost savings” or “technical efficiency.” So, property owners are the ones lest benefitting from this nationwide energy efficiency program. However, I do agree with what you say about the lack of “standards” for energy efficiency in America. Money is thrown around for energy savings on utilities, contractors, developers, etc. But at the end, nothing is actually “financially saved.” Source: Skills needed by BAS Technicians - Jay Santos (Facility Dynamics Engineering) Talk at Laney College
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