Previously there were room thermostats with a wheel. Analog and mechanical. The interaction with these objects was only manual: once the preferred temperature was set, it was enough to act on the “on / off” command to activate the boiler. And the same to turn it off.
Today, home heating can be controlled at the tip of your finger, via smartphone, because this is the prerogative of all smart thermostats that take advantage of the system’s connection to the Wi-Fi network and an app that acknowledges our needs and makes them also executable remotely. Whether it is the main house or the second home, it does not matter: today the technology of the Internet of Things allows us to control operation and consumption in an intuitive way, taking advantage of the different customized modes of use that digital thermostats make available.
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It is no coincidence that there is talk of advanced thermoregulation, of external climatic probes that send useful information to the boiler to increase its energy efficiency. To ensure greater comfort and avoid bleeding on the bill (especially for sparsely inhabited houses and therefore exposed to strong thermal fluctuations) much more intelligence comes into play, with the thermostat becoming one of the beating hearts of the home environment. Even spending little.
Nest Thermostat, Google’s cheapest model with a touch screen, costs half of the top of the range Learning Thermostat with AI (250 euros) and does not have the ability to learn our habits and program the system independently. Thanks to the supplied software and to the virtual assistants of Google and Amazon (Alexa), however, it is able to understand the voice commands, to suggest the ideal temperature and to signal when it is time to change the air filters.
So it takes very little to “build” your home automation house and this is also demonstrated by the latest addition to the French company Netatmo. Its Smart Modulating Thermostat (240 euros per price list) compatible with Apple HomeKit allows you to set, even via app, the temperatures of the water for the sanitary and heating system independently, optimizing consumption also according to the temperature. and the degree of thermal insulation of the house.