The Advantages of Smart/Programmable Thermostat Installation

Are you needing affordable ways to enhance home comfort and overall efficiency? Adding a programmable thermostat could be the perfect answer. Upgrading can streamline your daily comfort needs and save you money. If you need more to decide, here are many more advantages of managing your home comfort system with programmable thermostat installation and our suggestions for seeing the best results.

Comfort and Convenience

Programmable thermostats are designed for ease of use. After installation is complete, you won’t have to change your thermostat manually several times a day. Alternatively, you can program it once and not worry about it. Any kind of setback periods you put in place are balanced with a recovery period, where your home automatically becomes warmer or cooler again soon before you return or get up in the morning without additional effort on your part.

Saving Energy and Money with Efficiency

Maybe the most obvious reason to install a programmable thermostat is the ability to lower your HVAC’s energy consumption and save on costs. For year-round savings, set your desired temperature for different times of the day or days of the week. Remember to build in 8- to 10-degree setback periods for when you’re sleeping or away from home for saving 10% on heating and cooling expenses.

Less Risk of Wear and Tear

Maintaining mild temps for an empty home doesn’t just expend unneeded energy, it also puts more strain on your HVAC equipment. Temperature setbacks help provide your HVAC time to rest, helping to extend the system’s life span. Additionally, with less starting and stopping caused by making small temperature adjustments throughout the day, you limit system wear and tear, achieving less downtime and a smaller need for repairs.

Settings You Can Lock In

Our programmable thermostats feature the ability to lock the screen that help stop unauthorized adjustments to your HVAC schedule, which is useful for households with children. Such features ensure your energy-saving schedule isn’t tampered with, keeping your settings as intended and your home efficient and cozy. 

Industry-Leading Reliability 

Reliable temperature control means your living space remains at your ideal comfort setting through every season. With your favorite settings programmed for the appropriate times each day, you won’t always need to remember to move to other settings before you go to work or to bed. You can depend on the thermostat to follow your schedule to the minute, with an accurate digital readout that removes the guesswork that comes with older analog models. Our programmable thermostats also have a battery backup in case the home experiences power outages and are less prone to errors than manual options. 

Other Smart Features 

Smart models of programmable thermostats have wireless connectivity. Such smart thermostats enable you to manage your heating and cooling settings from anywhere through a mobile app. And by using a home automation platform such as Amazon Alexa or Google Nest, adjusting settings by voice is also possible.

The smartest of the smart thermostats have learning capabilities too, enabling them to track your preferences and fine-tune the schedule automatically over time for true comfort and peace of mind. You can also look up energy you get insights into your energy use and create strategies for even more savings.

How to Set Up Your Programmable Thermostat:

Remember these helpful hints to further increase the benefits of your programmable thermostat:

1. Choose the right programming schedule: As you explore different thermostats, you might notice they have a variety of scheduling options. Common options include seven-day programming for unique settings each day. Use the option that most closely aligns with your lifestyle.

2. Create different settings for different times of day: Smart models of programmable thermostats offer at least four time periods you use to create the schedule each day—Wake, Day, Evening and Sleep. Choose the time and temperature you want for each or omit those you don’t want.

3. Limit when you override the settings: Even though it might seem convenient to override the set temperature when it’s uncomfortable, frequent changes undermine your energy-saving efforts. Try changing clothes or altering the airflow in the room before you mess with the thermostat.

4. Only use the “permanent” hold appropriately: Normally, overriding the settings means the thermostat will resume its normal schedule after the next preprogrammed time kicks in. However, if you’re going away for a few days, now’s the time to use the permanent hold to conserve energy by keeping your home at a less cozy yet more economical temperature for the length of your trip.

Complete Your Sense of Comfort with a Programmable Thermostat

As soon as you’re ready to upgrade to a programmable or smart thermostat, Service Experts Heating & Air Conditioning would be thrilled to help you in getting started. One of our experienced professionals can set up your new thermostat and walk you through how to use it. With our 100% satisfaction guarantee, you can trust us to deliver service that goes above and beyond your expectations. If you’re ready to experience the difference a programmable thermostat can make, contact us for details about installation.