Smart Thermostats
Smart boiler controls. Saving you money and making it easier to keep your home warm on those colder days.
Smart Thermostats
Smart thermostats are the new trend for smart homes and Tado is one of 2020’s best. In our opinion, Tado when paired with Tado’s Smart Radiator Valves one of the best options in home heating controls. Not only can you control the heating in each room of your home from your phone, but Tado can even detect if you have left a window open in your home, advising you on the best way to keep your home as economically friendly as possible. However, there are other alternative smart controls out there which are just as good, such as Google Nest or Hive. Below we outline the bonuses of getting a smart thermostat control fitted to your home system. Give us a call to get a quote or advice on smart thermostat installations.
Smart Thermostat Capabilities
Phone Enabled Control
All modern smart thermostats are wifi enabled. This means that your device can be controlled from your mobile phone or tablet at any time. We have all experienced the feeling of realising you have left the heating on at home when you are on the way to work or going out shopping. Not being able to do anything drives the best of us crazy. With smart controls, you can turn your heating on if you are on your way home, alternatively, you can turn it off just as easy.
Home and Away Modes
Your smart thermostats app has the capability to turn on or off when it recognises you are home or away. This means your app can automatically turn your heating on or off depending where you are. Meaning that your home is always the right temperature for you.
Optimisation
Your smart thermostat will learn over time the habits of your home and automatically adjust your schedule to save you money on your gas bill. Your thermostat will learn how long it takes your home to get to the desired temperature and adjust your boilers working temperature so your home is never too warm or too cold.
Alexa and Google Home Enabled
Depending on which brand smart thermostat you choose, your home speaker system can be used to turn your heating on and off. Meaning you don’t even have to leave the comfort of your sofa to turn your heating on and off.
Monthly Energy Reports
Your smart thermostat brand will email you a monthly report telling you how efficient your home is. By using these reports you can make your home even more efficient than it already is. Your thermostat can recommend better temperatures for your home and advise you better times to turn your heating on and off. Saving you even more money.
Frost Protection
With your new smart thermostat, it uses local weather data for your area to adjust the temperature of your home to make sure your pipes are never in danger. Everyone has heard the dreaded story of pipes bursting in the middle of winter. Your smart thermostat will take the outside temperature and make sure home is warm enough so that burst pipes never happen.