The world saw the first smart thermostat hit the mainstream market in 2011, its innovative tool used Wi-Fi connectivity to program room temperature depending on homeowners’ schedules and the desired temperature inside their homes. Since then, smart thermostats have developed into highly effective tools for conserving both money and energy, generally saving 10 percent or more on energy bills every ...

With built-in Amazon Alexa Voice service, the T18 can listen to your voice commands and respond. Have it set a timer, read you the news, adjust the temperature and more, even from a distance thanks to far-field voice recognition. It also features a room sensor that helps manage hot and cold spots in your home to deliver the preferred temperature to the rooms that matter most. Ensuring comfort when...

Thermostat is a device that keeps the temperature in a water heater at desired level by cutting off power supply once the desired temperature is achieved. Slightly different from the air conditioner thermostat, job of the thermostat in water heaters is to make sure that the water is heated till a particular temperature and there after the water heater needs to shut off. Thermostat keeps checking t...

Controls for heating ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) cover a broad range of products, functions, and sources of supply. We define control as the starting and stopping or regulation of heating, ventilating, and air conditioning. Our concern here is control devices and systems to control larger commercial and industrial HVAC systems, not residential heating and cooling, except in a few cases...

For homes without ducts, air-source heat pumps are also available in a ductless version called a mini-split heat pump. In addition, a special type of air-source heat pump called a "reverse cycle chiller" generates hot and cold water rather than air, allowing it to be used with radiant floor heating systems in heating mode.

Understanding the Importance of Your AC Thermostat If you rely on air conditioning to keep things cool in the heat of summer, you understand how important it is to maintain an efficient AC unit. While condensers, coils, and fans are crucial to the proper function of your air conditioner, perhaps the single most important component is the thermostat – or what we like to refer to as the brains of yo...