Smart thermostats are a way of controlling a home’s central heating and air conditioning remotely. This is achieved using a dedicated application on a smartphone, tablet, laptop or any other internet-accessible device as a remote. Yes, your home’s temperature can be controlled remotely through internet connected devices! But why should you care?
Benefits of Smart Thermostats
Smart thermostats offer a variety of benefits for homeowners who want to have better control over the temperature in their home. Here are just a few of the benefits of a smart thermostat:
Smart thermostats give you better control over temperature.
Unlike traditional thermostats that depend on you manually controlling them, a smart thermostat affords you the luxury of controlling your home’s temperature from wherever you are by using your smartphone. It integrates the basic functionality of your home’s old-fashioned temperature control—your central-heating boiler or heater and your AC or fans—with the versatility of an internet-enabled device.
This means that wherever you are, you have complete control over your home’s temperature. You can pre-heat the house on your way home on a cold night, or take back control over the thermostats when your kids fiddle with it. If you’ve been outside on a hot day, you can turn on the AC so your home is nice and cool by the time you walk in. This is the future.
Smart devices learn your habits.
There are many smart thermostat devices and services available in the market but they all share the basic and universal feature of regulating a home’s heating and cooling system remotely. Some smart thermostats offer the neat feature of intelligently monitoring your patterns of use. They can learn when you like to heat your home, how warm you like it. They can even learn when you do not use heating, like the times when nobody is home, so you never have to worry about running up the electricity bill because you forgot to turn off the AC on a hot day.
By learning your habits and temperature preferences, smart thermostats make controlling your home comfort easier than ever. You no longer have to fidget with the controls to feel comfortable because the smart thermostat will eventually learn your habits and help you keep a comfortable home environment year-round.
Smart thermostats help you save energy.
These intelligent heating and cooling devices help you and your family conserve energy. Since you can tweak temperature settings to your desire and regulate the temperature more easily, no energy is wasted heating your home hotter than you want it or cooling it too much. The more energy that you save, the more you can cut down on your electricity costs.
Smart thermostats also help you save energy by adjusting the temperature while you are not home. One of the easiest ways to save energy is by setting the temperature a few degrees lower or higher when you leave the house and no one will be home. By making the indoor temperature closer to the outdoor temperature, your HVAC system doesn’t have to work as hard (or use as much energy) to regulate temperature. In addition, if you leave the heat or the AC on while rushing to work, you can quickly fix that from your phone.
Ultimately, smart thermostats make life more comfortable and energy usage more effective and efficient in the home without any hassle. They handle the home’s heating and cooling system both while you’re at home and out of the house. If you are interested in upgrading to a smart thermostat, contact us today.