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Under the ECO3 scheme, you can now claim grant funding to cover up to 100% of the cost of a Nest smart thermostat. But what is a smart thermostat? And how can it help you save money on your energy bills?
What is a Smart Thermostat?
Put simply, smart thermostats allow you to remotely control your home’s central heating system through your smart phone, tablet, computer or using voice activation via your smart assistant.
In addition to making your heating system more efficient, smart thermostats can also help users troubleshoot pipe and boiler related problems, which is perfect if you’re conscious about frozen pipes in a period property. Plus, some have the ability to learn your heating behaviours, over time, helping you streamline your energy use.
10 reasons to get the Nest thermostat
1. Saves Money
Nest Thermostats have several features and settings specially integrated to give you more control overheating and cooling. This gives you more control over the amount of energy you use at any particular time. Thus, it helps you to save more on energy costs.
2. User-Friendliness
Nest Thermostats are very user-friendly, uncomplicated, and easy to install and don’t take much time to maintain. The thermostat lights up, enabling you to read its current settings. It’s lighting also changes between blue and red, depending on whether you are using the air conditioner or the furnace.
3. Saves Energy
These thermostats intelligently monitor current environmental temperatures and suggest energy-saving opportunities whenever any pop-up. Within a few days of installation, the thermostat will have learned your preferences and use them to personalize your green “eco” settings based on them.
4. Track Your Goals
These thermostats have a configuration that enables users to check their energy history over time. The company also records all data collected by the devices, which users can view through the company’s website or use the mobile application. You have more data on how your air conditioning and heating runs and can use it to cut energy costs.
5. Save While Away
The Nest Thermostat has internal motion sensors and other related features that sense when no one is home. This feature enables the thermostat to change temperatures automatically, which can also save you a lot of energy. Customers can also control this feature while away using the mobile app.
6. The Leaf Indicator
The leaf indicator appears when the thermostat determines that you’re using an energy-efficient setting. This feature can help you save about 5% of your total energy bill provided you keep it at a temperature setting where the leaf icon always appears.
7. It Learns Your Routine
After a few days of running, the Nest Thermostat learns your settings based on your routine. The Nest products have a level of intelligence. So, if you change the temperature up or down routinely at specific times, the thermostat learns this behavior and starts switching to it automatically.
8. Smart Home Integration
Thanks to its many functions and smart features, users can easily integrate Nest Thermostats into their smart home devices such as lights, hubs, and locks. You can also schedule the thermostat to work with other automation systems.
9. Access the Thermostat from Anywhere
All Nest product settings are accessible from tablets and smartphones using the company’s app. This feature enables users to have control over their thermostats from anywhere, and choose better temperatures where necessary.
10. No Need to Be Tech-Savvy
Because of their user-friendliness and simplicity, Nest products are easily programmable and usable. You don’t need to be a tech expert in using the products since most features and settings are automated. You have very little work to do to set it up and use it.