AHR Show Report: Cool Picks & Hot Products

AHR Show Report: Cool Picks & Hot Products

The world’s top Heating Venting and Air Conditioning  manufacturers descended on Atlanta in January for AHR 2019. The Expo attracted HVACR professionals from around the globe and provided a forum for manufacturers to showcase products and services…...
“Smart” Appliances Use Technology For Its Own Sake

“Smart” Appliances Use Technology For Its Own Sake

As a group, we marketers have a bad habit that needs to be stopped. We take an idea, phrase or word that we think has meaning to consumers, then repeat it ad nauseum until it is utterly meaningless. Previous examples of terms we have mercilessly beaten into the ground...
The Smart Home: Evolving Towards Autonomous Living

The Smart Home: Evolving Towards Autonomous Living

These days, there is a lot of concern and angst about artificial intelligence, automation, and robots becoming too much of an influence in our lives. Specifically, many are concerned about robots taking our jobs. Robots have long been used in manufacturing, performing...
Home Products IQ Accelerates

Home Products IQ Accelerates

With a slowing Chinese economy, an unpredictable presidential campaign and our stock market off to one of its worst starts in history — the Consumer Electronics Show, the Kitchen & Bath Industry Show and the International Builders Show all burst onto the...