This holiday season, you can make your tech geek the happiest they’ve been in a long time – and they’ll stay happy for a long time. Because you can keep adding features and control to an Ecobee, your tech geek – and even those who shun technology – will continue to find new ways to improve comfort, save money and monitor the safety of your home.
At Maertin Heating & Cooling, we know that one of the easiest and most cost-effective ways to modernize your home’s HVAC system is to install a smart thermostat. Earlier this year, Ecobee revamped its line of smart thermostats to provide consumers with a range of options sure to please those who love gadgets – and to be incredibly user-friendly to those who don’t.
Think of a conventional thermostat as the way you talk to your HVAC system. You tell the thermostat how warm you want the home, and it tells the furnace to get to work. The thermostat then monitors the temperature until the home is warm enough and then thermostat tells the furnace to take a break.
A smart thermostat, like the entry level Ecobee3 Lite, increases both the ways you can communicate to the thermostat and the ways the thermostat can monitor the home for heating and cooling feedback. Previously, you needed to physically adjust a conventional thermostat. Smart thermostats allow you to make adjustments via a smartphone app or web-interface. These on-the-go options allow you to make more granular adjustments to optimize both your comfort and your home’s energy efficiency.
However, what makes smart thermostats so much better than a conventional thermostat is that they collect and leverage data about your HVAC system and your preferences well beyond the temperature at the site of the thermostat. Ecobee’s topline models come with an additional remote sensor—you can also purchase additional sensors for all models—that measures temperature and uses radar to detect if the room is in use and in need of heating or cooling. Ecobee smart thermostats extend where they look for feedback from the HVAC system and what kinds of information the thermostat can use to make smarter heating and cooling choices.
What sets Ecobee smart thermostats in particular apart from other smart thermostats is that Ecobee thermostats can serve as a smart-hub for your home. Since your thermostat is already set up to monitor your entire home and keep you informed remotely, Ecobee has add-on security components that let your thermostat monitor both the comfort and safety of your home. Ecobee thermostats integrate into a range of smart-home platforms from Apple, Google, and Microsoft, and can even be used with wireless smart locks to optimize heating and cooling when they sense an open door.
Beyond serving as an easy and cost-effective way to smarten up your furnace and make it easier to monitor your home, Ecobee smart thermostats allow users to participate in a broader smart energy program informed by the energy needs of your community. Ecobee smart thermostats don’t just communicate with your furnace, they can also communicate with your utility company. Aggregate energy-usage data helps utilities operate as efficiently as possible and allows consumers to adjust their own energy use to make efficient and economical heating and cooling choices. Ecobee thermostats will even produce a report and make recommendations for your specific home heating needs.
Ecobee thermostats are available in several different styles and capabilities and Maertin Heating & Cooling provides professional installation for all of them.
Call us today at 708-479-9350 or click here. We’ll make sure your tech geek – or someone who just wants to save money and improve home comfort – has a marvelous gift in time for the holidays.