Is a Smart Thermostat Worth It?

If you’ve been thinking about adding a smart thermostat to your Balch Springs, Texas, home, you may be wondering whether it’s a worthwhile upgrade. Take a look at some of the benefits of a smart thermostat to determine if it’s a good fit for your household.

Reduced Energy Waste

A smart thermostat is connected to your home’s Wi-Fi network, making it easier to create schedules and settings for your heating and cooling system. These units can learn your habits and patterns, and then make automatic adjustments to reduce energy waste without sacrificing home comfort. A programmable thermostat helps to reduce energy if you have it properly set to only warm or cool the house when you’re there; fluctuating schedules, sick days, and forgetting to adjust the unit can all impact energy usage.

Since a smart thermostat can make automatic adjustments based on its detections and patterns, it can reduce how much energy is wasted by running the HVAC system when no one is at home or awake. If you’re looking to lessen your environmental impact by using less energy, a smart thermostat is a good addition.

More Control Over Heating and Cooling

Smart thermostats are also accessible from your phone or other mobile devices, delivering more targeted control. If you forget to adjust the settings before you leave for a few days, it’s easy to open the app from anywhere and switch the system to vacation mode. You can also adjust the thermostat to reach a certain temperature when you’re headed home from work.

Lower Bills

One of the main benefits of a smart thermostat is lower monthly heating and cooling bills. Since the unit can reduce how much energy your system wastes, the result is usually a reduction in utility costs. Although the cost of a smart thermostat is higher than that of a standard programmable unit, some users report significant savings that help offset the initial investment.

At Willard Heating, Cooling & Plumbing, we can install a smart thermostat to use with your home’s HVAC system, so contact us at 972-564-9785.

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