Smart Home Tips for Saving Energy

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Interested in automating your home but wondering where to start? Let us help you navigate the smart home landscape so you save energy, save money and help protect the environment.

Smart products can be remotely managed from your phone even when you’re out of the house. Products can be programmed to perform actions automatically based on your schedule, send alerts about performance issues before they become a big issue, and even adjust energy usage based on occupancy detection.  Below is some key advice for leveraging smart home devices for energy savings:

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Smart Thermostats

Heating and cooling consume more energy than any other appliance in the home, making smart thermostats the best candidate to help save energy within the household.  These devices offer the ability to monitor and adjust your home’s temperature even when you are away.  More importantly, they can be used to automatically turn down your heating and cooling when it’s not needed.   Smart thermostats that have earned the ENERGY STAR go through an independent certification process that verifies energy savings based on extensive field data. Among the first to be certified were NEST, ecobee, Carrier/Bryant, and EcoFactor. Each product uses slightly different features to help homeowners save energy, so do your research, and choose the ENERGY STAR smart thermostat that's right for you.

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Smart Lighting

Not only do ENERGY STAR certified smart light fixtures and light bulbs use 90% less energy than traditional incandescent lightbulbs, they also help you when you forget to turn out the lights. If you choose smart lighting that has earned the ENERGY STAR, it’s using less energy when it’s on and in standby, and has15 times the life expectancy than that of incandescent bulbs.

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Smart Appliances

Appliances are getting smarter. ENERGY STAR certified appliances with connected functionality use less energy and offer new functions that can enable convenience, even more savings, and “smart grid” capabilities.