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<blockquote data-quote="John Roberts" data-source="post: 82997" data-attributes="member: 126">Re: Home building/living suggestions wanted.It is difficult (impossible) to completely anticipate future technology needs/desires. I recall a similar conversation with a friend who was building his dream house, when he asked me to predict what he would need... After discussion we determined that he had access using the attic (or crawlspace) to run future wiring, or whatever. I couldn&#039;t even be comfortable suggesting fiber optic cable since that will probably be different 20 years from now and obsolete. The best advice I can think of is anticipate change and be as flexible as possible about later enhancements.=====One interesting news tidbit is that modern high efficiency LED lighting is not being embraced by industrial users as fast as the LED industry hoped. More of a &quot;pay now for reduced maintenance costs later&quot; trade-off. Odd in that some businesses are cash rich holding back future investments. But the outcome that relates to this thread is that the big LED makers (like CREE) are pivoting to focus on consumer applications, hoping that will influence business to get on board from worker adoption at home. There may be more consumer choices coming for LED lighting, but probably still relatively expensive in initial investment. &nbsp; &nbsp; JR</blockquote>

[QUOTE="John Roberts, post: 82997, member: 126"] Re: Home building/living suggestions wanted. It is difficult (impossible) to completely anticipate future technology needs/desires. I recall a similar conversation with a friend who was building his dream house, when he asked me to predict what he would need... After discussion we determined that he had access using the attic (or crawlspace) to run future wiring, or whatever. I couldn't even be comfortable suggesting fiber optic cable since that will probably be different 20 years from now and obsolete. The best advice I can think of is anticipate change and be as flexible as possible about later enhancements. ===== One interesting news tidbit is that modern high efficiency LED lighting is not being embraced by industrial users as fast as the LED industry hoped. More of a "pay now for reduced maintenance costs later" trade-off. Odd in that some businesses are cash rich holding back future investments. But the outcome that relates to this thread is that the big LED makers (like CREE) are pivoting to focus on consumer applications, hoping that will influence business to get on board from worker adoption at home. There may be more consumer choices coming for LED lighting, but probably still relatively expensive in initial investment. JR [/QUOTE]

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