I’ve been considering buying a smart thermostat.
That is a thermostat that connects to your smartphone via wifi and can be controlled from anywhere.
In the area I live in, the weather is often unpredictable. It can be freezing outside in the morning, but by mid-afternoon the temperatures are often sweltering. Currently I’m stuck with a dilemma. Either, I leave my furnace on when I go to work, and then when the weather turns warm, I wish I could turn it off. Or, I have to turn the furnace off before I leave for work, and hope the weather really does get warmer. It would be much nicer to be able to control the temperature in my house from my smartphone. I could leave the furnace on when I left for work. Then, when the weather gets warm, I could turn off the furnace and turn on the air conditioner. Or, if the weather suddenly got cold, I could turn off the air conditioner and turn on the furnace. The heating and cooling of my home would be so much easier with a smart thermostat. Smart thermostats can also notify you when your HVAC unit is acting up. This can prevent the possibility of it breaking completely and having to replace it with a whole new HVAC unit. For instance, if your heater, or air conditioner, is not working properly, your smart thermostat will tell you so you can turn it off. Then you can contact the HVAC business and schedule a time for an HVAC technician to come look at your unit. Once the HVAC technician has completed the repairs for your furnace, or air conditioner, you can again use your smartphone to control the heating and cooling of your house. It’s so easy.