I tend to cringe when my wife starts talking about the latest and greatest piece of technology that we simply must have.
It’s not that I am just completely anti technology.
That isn’t it at all. However, I have flushed some money down the drain on tech trends that lasted all of twenty minutes. However, this discussion focused on making sure that we were getting all the HVAC heating and cooling savings that we possibly could. This pinged my radar. One thing I have to give my wife, she always comes at these things loaded with data and facts in order to illustrate why we need something. That is refreshing and one of the many reasons that I love her so much. Honestly, I thought smart thermostats were the equivalent of HVAC auto pilot. When they came out, I just wasn’t all that fired up about not having to monitor the thermostat. This was, of course, a very shallow perspective on the value of a wifi thermostat. The facts were much more compelling. I didn’t realize that an HVAC smart thermostat can manage the output of the HVAC equipment far, far more precisely than any human ever could. This along with the fact that the smart thermostat also learns and adjusts to our habits helps make this a very serious money saving piece of HVAC technology. The HVAC company is coming out later this week to install the smart thermostat. And I have to say that I am excited to see all the things it can do. I’m particularly interested in seeing how much money it will save on HVAC cooling this summer as well.