If it’s been awhile since you’ve upgraded your home’s thermostat, you’re missing out on all a smart thermostat has to offer. Whether it’s the perfect temperature at the touch of a button, lower energy bills, or reduced energy consumption, these state-of-the-art smart thermostats have it all. Here are a few reasons to consider one of these devices for your home in St. George, UT.
Brand New Modernized Features
One of the most convenient and awesome features of the most recent thermostats is that a lot of them work synergistically your WiFi, meaning that you can control temperature and humidity from your phone just by using an app! This allows you to adjust the temperature so that it’s perfect when you get home from work or vacation. Turn the heat back on a few minutes before you get home! In addition, a lot of the new smart thermostats have room-to-room control, allowing you to set a comfortable temperature in one room while saving money in unoccupied areas. How cool is that?!
Save Money On Energy Bills
The extreme temperatures of the summer and winter months can spike up the cost of your energy bills and wreak havoc on your budget, especially as you try to find the best way to keep comfortable despite the constantly changing crazy temperatures. Smart thermostats solve this problem quite effectively by allowing you to program temperatures in advance and then make adjustments when necessary. Using a simple interface, you can set the temperature at an economical temperature when you’re at work or on the go, as well as when you’re at home. This capability allows you to maximize comfort and still save energy. At the end of the month, you’ll get to see how much money you saved with this convenient and efficient technology. It’s a great feeling!
There’s More!
Not only will a smart thermostat offer you more comfort and savings, but it also gives you plenty of handy features. Some of these include an air filter change reminder, stylish looks, energy usage tracking, customizable face plates, and system diagnostics. With these assets, most modern thermostats easily surpass traditional thermostats with regard to usefulness and functionality.
Which Thermostat Should You Get?
Now that you know why you should get a smart thermostat, here is a list of the best voted smart thermostats from 2015 – according to lifehacker.com:
The Nest Learning Thermostat
The Nest learns your habits and temperature preferences and even learns when you’re at home and when you’re away. Installation is, for the most part, extremely easy. Then, once it’s in place, it immediately starts learning based on your initial settings. After a short time, you’ll be able to stop touching it entirely, and it will automatically raise the temperature when you get out of bed, lower it for bedtime, and automatically adjust for the seasons. You can control your Nest when you’re away or on the couch from the mobile apps. When you’re away from home for long periods of time, the Nest will set itself to save you money on energy. My favorite part? It’ll even show you how much you are saving and reports through the mobile app so you can see how much money the Nest is actually saving you.
The Ecobee3 Smart Wi-Fi Thermostat
The Ecobee3 is a Wi-Fi enabled, learning thermostat that uses remote sensors to allow the thermostat to improve its motion control around your house. In order to automatically change the temperature when you’re away from home, the thermostat has to have a good idea whether anyone’s home or not—and if your thermostat isn’t centrally located, the remote sensors help it understand when you’re really away or when you’re just in one room or sleeping. The Ecobee3 also supports Apple’s HomeKit. As you use the Ecobee3, it learns to change your home’s temperature based on your activity, when you wake and sleep, when you get home from work and when you leave, and so on.
Honeywell Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat
Honeywell’s Wi-Fi Smart Thermostat has a colorful, beautiful screen, is incredibly flexible to your needs, and is fairly easy to set up. With a few simple questions, this Honeywell will have a seven-day schedule programmed for you (that you can, of course, tweak at any time to suit your needs) down to the hour, and keeps you alerted to any changes in indoor climate.
Sensi Wi-Fi Smart Programmable Thermostat
The Sensi Wi-Fi Smart Programmable Thermostat is super easy to install even in homes where you might have trouble with other thermostats (more specifically, it doesn’t require a “C-wire” for most of its capabilities), can operate on a pair of AA batteries, has a bright screen and tons of programmable settings. It is an all around reliable, intelligent, and energy-saving thermostat.
Honeywell Z-Wave Enabled Programmable Thermostat
Honeywell’s Z-Wave Thermostat is compatible with a wide variety of products and apps that let you control every aspect of your home—from your lighting and specific appliances to your heating and cooling—from your phone or tablet, or any other internet-connected device. This model is also able to work without the use of a “C-wire,” so you can install it in places that might otherwise be difficult.
Once you decide which thermostat is right for you, we also provide professional installation and maintenance services. Call the expert technicians at Alpine Temperature Control today at 435-673-5746. We look forward to satisfying your air conditioning needs.
