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Smart products are slowly, but very steadily, making their way into the homes of North Americans. Most products heavily promote features that will make living your daily life more convenient, more secure or cheaper and ideally a combination of all three. It's easy to see the convenience of smart homes, but how does this smart home technology save you money though? We'll take a closer look at smart...
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This is a tricky question to answer, and it depends on a lot of different factors such as your current heating system, your location, the size of your rooms and your behaviour. Let's start by establishing some basics; heating your home accounts for 41 to 63 percent of your total energy bill. Nest, one of the leading smart home companies, released a white paper stating that smart thermostats lower ...
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HOW IT WORKS. A Wi-Fi thermostat has an IP address just like your computer does, but it also controls your home's heating and cooling like a standard programmable thermostat. The IP address allows a homeowner to connect the thermostat to their home's wireless internet and control it from a computer or smartphone.
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Yes, the thermostat will continue to operate your heating and/or cooling system even when your Wi-Fi network is down. Some features, such as shortcuts, geofencing and humidification levels, are only managed through the app and will not function while the connection is down, but you will still be able to adjust your temperature settings directly from the thermostat itself. Your WIFI thermostat will...
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Despite modern advances, many homes still have mercury thermostats controlling their heating and cooling systems. While these dated mechanisms begin as an accurate way to keep the temperature of a home within a certain range, they grow less accurate over time. When disposed of, they often pollute the environment with their toxic contents. Programmable thermostats offer a safe and efficient means t...
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The fan coil system is essentially a completely watery system. Fan Coil Units, consisting of two parts, a fan and a coil, are devices used for heating and cooling. These units need a thermostat to be controlled. If there is a single coil in the fan coil used, the installed system is called a two-pipe fan coil system. Two pipes circulate in the system making distribution and collection. A distribut...
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