Green Options » smart appliances http://greenoptions.com/tag/smart-appliances Posts tagged 'smart appliances' Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:00:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en The Quickest Way To Begin Greening Your House http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/10/23/the-quickest-way-to-begin-greening-your-house/ http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/10/23/the-quickest-way-to-begin-greening-your-house/#comments Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:00:20 +0000 Paul Smith http://ecopreneurist.com/2008/10/23/the-quickest-way-to-begin-greening-your-house/ Quick - What’s the easiest way to reduce your energy use and costs in your home? Better Insulation, perhaps? Solar panels on the roof? Microturbine on the lawn? All valid ways, but there’s an even more direct path. Your thermostat. If it’s more then an orange pointer to a temperature, in other words programmable, you have the power to make significant changes in your energy footprint.

And yet you don’t. Why?

EcoBee Smart ThermostatFor many, it’s just too complex, intimidating, and just not a regular part of their routine. It’s this that the people at EcoBee sought to address in creating their new device, released last week. One could ask, what is it, beyond being a fancy thermostat control? It’s comfort, ease, and accessibility. Like the iPhone, the interface was carefully thought out and tested to be simple, effective, and most importantly, used.

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