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REVISION HOUSE SCOTTSDALE PROJECT
The
Science
of Selection
To solve the many BY STEVE AND SUSAN RATERMAN EASLEY
When building or remodeling any home, you have thousands of products and technologies to
challenges at ReVISION choose from. Professionals and our clients often ask what products and technologies we would
House Scottsdale, the select for our home.
First and foremost, we would never recommend products to anyone that we wouldn’t put in
builders chose some of our house. Our choices are honed from decades of real-world field experience, from projects
the most innovative throughout the U.S. The products we select must make homes more durable and longer lasting,
energy efficient, comfortable, and provide a healthy indoor environment to live and work in. In
products available in addition, resiliency, sustainability and long-term impact on the environment are key factors of our
each category. selected products.
We believe electrification (moving away from fossil fuels) is ultimately in everyone’s best
interest. This is especially true in the Phoenix/Scottsdale area, where the air has a high particu-
late level. The solar photovoltaic (PV) battery system we select will allow us to most efficiently
generate and store electricity, and reduce our dependence on fossil fuels. Reliable, renewable
energy systems are more affordable than ever, so we will be switching our heating, cooling, hot
water heating and cooking to all-electric systems.
We’ll have more to say about the products and systems selected for the Scottsdale ReVISION
House as re-construction proceeds over the coming months. For now, here’s a preview of our
selection list so far.
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