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05 Apr Smart Thermostats

Posted at 17:42h in Energy news, Tips & advices by AltEn8822

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Smart thermostats are a smart technology that let you remotely control your home’s heating & hot water via an app on your smartphone and can help you save energy & money

How Does a Smart Thermostat Work?

A typical room thermostat just lets you change the temperature in your home using a dial or control panel. A smart thermostat, however, is more efficient,more user friendly and can be controlled remotely!

A smart thermostat has 3 basic components:

- First component – plugs directly into your boiler and can wirelessly talk to the second component.
- Second component – the in-home device or thermostat which is the main control.
- Third component – an app downloaded to a smartphone (or tablet) allowing heating and or hot water to be controlled remotely!

This is the basic makeup of most smart thermostats. Some smart thermostats offer more, such as ‘learning’ your schedule by detecting when your smartphone/tablet is in the house, or even detecting when you’re on your way home, and preparing your home to the desired temperature!

How Does a Smart Thermostat Benefit Me?

A smart thermostat’s ability to remotely control a home’s temperature appeals mostly to those with busy schedules:

If you have a late-running meeting and no one at home. Use the app on your phone to adjust the heating to come on later.
On holiday or left the home in a hurry and realised you forgot to turn off the heat? No problem use the app to turn the heating off and schedule to come on again when you return.

Smart thermostats don’t directly save you money the way switching energy supplier can. However, they do help you save energy and money by: