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1.0 Executive Summary
1.1 Background of the Study
1.2 Survey Methodology
1.3 Key Findings
2.0 Characteristics of the Sample
2.1 Geographic Distribution of Builder Firms
2.2 Residential Units Started in 1999
2.3 Number of Residential Units Started: An Example of a Highly Fragmented
Industry
2.4 Type of Residential Unit Started
2.5 Nature of Residential Units Started
2.6 What Percentage of New Starts Were in "Master-Planned
Communities"?
2.7 Average Square Footage of Residential Units Started
2.8 Total Revenues for Units Started in 1999
2.9 General Attitude about Offering New Technologies
2.10 Dedicated Resource With Organization Responsible for New Technology
Assessment?
3.0 About General Wiring Applications
3.1 For What Products/Services Do Home Builders Pre-Wire?
3.2 Applications for Which Pre-Wiring is Completed
3.2.1 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for Multiple Phone
Lines/Numbers
3.2.2 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for Universal
Phone/Data Outlets (Home Office)
3.2.3 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for Multi-Room Stereo
Capability
3.2.4 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for Outdoor Speakers
3.2.5 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for DBS TV
3.2.6 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for Home Theater
Surround Sound
3.2.7 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for "Risers"
to Accommodate Future Wiring Upgrades
3.3 Mean Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for DBS TV or Home Theater and ALSO
Wired for Video Distribution to Multiple Rooms
3.3.1 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for DBS TV and ALSO
Wired for Video Distribution to Multiple Rooms
3.3.2 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired for Home Theater and
ALSO Wired for Video Distribution to Multiple Rooms
3.4 What Percentage of New Homes Will Be Pre-Wired for Certain Applications
in Ten Years? (Home Office and Home Theater Configurations)
3.4.1 Percentage of Homes Pre-Wired with Universal
Phone/Data Outlets Ten Years from Now
3.4.2 New Starts Pre-Wired for Home Theater Ten Years From
Now
3.5 Average Number of Rooms Per Unit in Which Pre-Wiring was Installed for
Multi-Room Stereo or Outdoor Speakers
3.5.1 Average Number of Rooms Per Unit Pre-Wired for
Multi-Room Sound
3.5.2 Average Number of Rooms Per Unit in Which Outdoor
Speakers were Installed
3.6 Rooms Per Unit with Access Outlets for Telephone and Cable Television
3.6.1 Rooms Per Unit with Telephone Access Outlets
3.6.2 Rooms Per Unit with Cable Television Access Outlets
3.7 The Sale/Resale Value of a Home Increases if it's Pre-Wired For:
3.7.1 The Sale/Resale Value of a Home Increases if it's
Pre-Wired For: Universal Phone/Data Outlets (Home Office)
3.7.2 The Sale/Resale Value of a Home Increases if it's
Pre-Wired For: Home Theater
3.7.3 The Sale/Resale Value of a Home Increases if it's
Pre-Wired For: Distributed Video to Multiple Rooms
3.7.4 The Sale/Resale Value of a Home Increases if it's
Pre-Wired For: Multi-Room Stereo With In-Wall Speakers
3.7.5 The Sale/Resale Value of a Home Increases if it's
Pre-Wired For: A Monitored Security System (Excluding Cameras)
4.0 About Structured Wiring
4.1 Builder Firms Offering Structured Wiring
4.2 How Long Has Your Firm Offered Structured Wiring as Standard/Optional?
4.3 If Structured Wiring is Offered Optionally, is it Only After a Client
Requests It?
4.4 Why Do Home Builders Offer Structured Wiring?
4.5 Does Your Firm Offer Training/Orientation For Home Owners on Structured
Wiring Systems?
4.6 Did The Builder Firm Have Structured Wiring Installed in their New Starts
in 1999?
4.7 Percent of Units Installed With Structured Wiring (Home Builders
Installing Structured Wiring)
4.8 Top Reasons Why Home Buyers Want Structured Wiring
4.9 Who Actually Installed the Structured Wiring?
4.10 Where was the "Wiring Hub" Installed?
4.11 Number of Rooms to Which Structured Wiring Terminations are Run
4.12 Structured Wiring's Impact on Cost (Compared to Regular Wiring)
4.13 Has Your Firm Had Callbacks or Customer Satisfaction Issues Regarding
Structured Wiring?
4.14 Top Suppliers of Structured Wiring Systems
4.15 Top Reasons that the Builder Firm Chose a Particular Structured Wiring
Vendor
4.16 Which ONE Company Has the Most Complete Residential Structured Wiring
Program?
4.17 What Do Structured Wiring Vendors Need to Provide?
4.17.1 What Do Structured Wiring Vendors Need to Provide?
Literature and Brochures for Home Buyers
4.17.2 What Do Structured Wiring Vendors Need to Provide?
Training for Builder Salespeople
4.17.3 What Do Structured Wiring Vendors Need to Provide? A
Special Web Site for Home Buyers
4.17.4 What Do Structured Wiring Vendors Need to Provide? A
Model Home Program
4.17.5 What Do Structured Wiring Vendors Need to Provide? A
Special Web Site for Builder Personnel
4.17.6 What Do Structured Wiring Vendors Need to Provide?
Rebates or Financial Incentives
4.18 How Could Structured Wiring Vendors Improve?
4.19 Builder Firms' Key Decision -Makers: How Familiar are They With
Structured Wiring?
4.20 Perceived Inhibitors to Structured Wiring
4.21 How Beneficial is Offering Structured Wiring in a New Home?
4.22 Will Offering Structured Wiring in a New Home Become Standard and/or
Increase its Sale/Resale Value?
4.23 Offering Structured Wiring in a New Home Is Going to Become Standard
4.24 Offering Structured Wiring in a New Home Increases Its Sale/Resale Value
4.25 When Will Your Firm Offer Structured Wiring As Standard?
5.0 About Other Home Technologies
5.1 Central Home Control Systems
5.1.1 Does Your Firm Currently Offer Central Home Control
Systems as Standard or Optional?
5.1.2 How Long Has Your Firm Offered Central Home Control
Systems?
5.1.3 Percentage of Units with Central Home Control
5.1.4 Top Suppliers of Central Home Control Systems
5.1.5 Average Cost to Buyer for Central Home Control System
Installation
5.2 Monitored Security Systems
5.2.1 Does Your Firm Currently Offer Monitored Security
Systems as Standard or Optional?
5.2.2 Amount of Time Monitored Security Systems Have Been
Offered as Standard/Optional
5.2.3 Who Actually Installs the Monitored Security Systems?
5.2.4 Additional Equipment Offered with Monitored Security
Systems
5.2.5 Percentage of Units with Monitored Security Systems
5.2.6 Top Suppliers of Monitored Security Systems
5.2.7 Cost to the Buyer for Monitored Security System
Installation
5.3 Programmable Thermostats
5.3.1 Does Your Firm Currently Offer Programmable
Thermostats as Standard or Optional?
5.3.2 Percentage of Residential Units with Programmable
Thermostats
5.3.3 Top Suppliers of Programmable Thermostats
5.4 Zoned HVAC Systems
5.4.1 Does Your Firm Currently Offer Zoned HVAC Systems as
Standard or Optional?
5.4.2 How Long Has Your Firm Offered Zoned HVAC Systems as
Standard/Optional?
5.4.3 Percentage of Units with Zoned HVAC Systems
5.4.4 Average Cost to the Buyer for Zoned HVAC System
Installation
5.5 Lighting Control Systems
5.5.1 Does Your Firm Currently Offer Lighting Control
Systems as Standard or Optional?
5.5.2 How Long Has Your Firm Offered Lighting Control
Systems as Standard/Optional?
5.5.3 Percentage of Units with Lighting Control Systems
5.5.4 Types of Lighting Control Systems Installed
5.5.5 Top Suppliers of Lighting Control Systems
5.5.6 Average Cost to the Buyer for Lighting Control System
Installation
5.6 Intercom Systems
5.7 Automatic Controls for Hot Water
5.8 Pool Heating Controls
6.0 Looking Further Down the Road:
Integration and Services Provision
6.1 The Residential Gateway
6.2 Are Home Builders Planning on Working with Home Integrators to Create a
Home Networking Environment for New Homes?
6.3 Home Builders and Current Services Provisioning
6.4 Home Builders and Value-Added Services Under Consideration
6.5 What Type of Broadband Internet Service is Your Firm Most Likely to
Offer?
6.6 Builders and Negotiated Service Agreements with Local Internet Service
Providers
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