“Automation requires sensory data, such as indoor and outdoor temperature and humidity, carbon dioxide concentration, and occupancy status.”
Once the building becomes self-aware, it will realize the most efficient way to regulate energy consumption is to eliminate humans.....
I went to skool so eye cud acrumbulate knowridge.
The biggest problem I have seen is poorly set up zones. Near the windows and center are run on the same thermostat, so sections will be too hot or cold depending on the thermostat location. Instead make the edges one region and the center another one. If employees are bringing in fans or heaters, you need you HVAC fixed.
I don't want a data server located God knows where controlling my lights and thermostat.
If I were a just a little more conspiracy minded, I might think that the destruction of small businesses in America, as a response to a virus with a 99.75% survival rate, was in reality a way to get rid of all those energy inefficient small businesses in the country that waste resources in the name of individual initiative and personal freedom. But that’s just ridiculous..., isn’t it...?
The most important part is insulation. With sealed, thin sheet aerogel insulation just a few millimeters thick, with minimal energy use, buildings could be cold in the heat of summer and hot at the coldest time of winter.
And this also applies to appliances like ovens and refrigerator/freezers. Line them with sealed aerogel panels and once at temperature, with minimal extra energy they stay there.
Aerogel is so efficient that it cannot be used in clothing, even in Arctic conditions.
Rule number 3 of basic rules to marriage: After 20 years the only difference between a husband and a wife is 3 degrees on a thermostat.
I quit reading right after: “global carbon dioxide emissions.”
(1, 2, 3, 4 waiting for the “your ignorant for not reading the whole article” police here on FR to make stupid comments)
Trust me. It is not smart enough for my wife who sweats at 64 and freezes at 72.
Wifey likes the room 4 to 5 degrees higher than I do. Dave isn’t going to disagree with a hormonal deficient woman...
cousins of these SMART-) Thermostats were used to
throw the Election of 2020.
they connected the Biden/Beijing/ChInA/Frankfort/Ukraine
“voting” machines to the Internet.
anyone indicted yet?
If only these smart thermostats could be connected to the vote tabulators, I would never have to leave the house.
Fragile gadgetry aside, a smartly built building is smarter. For a start, build the houses to be more square, and eliminate hallways. Stop worrying about the vanity of false-front aesthetics. Give us more specific code elements for hip roofs for energy efficiency and wind loads. There’s no good reason for the Wood Frame Construction Manual. It’s a racket. And remove obstructions from codes for mass heaters (masonry heaters, rocket stove mass heaters, etc.).
A wife/girlfriend is your thermostat.
A smart thermostat makes it easier for the government to control your energy use when the Biden Administration enacts all their carbon taxes.
There’s nothing Smart at my house. Not even me :)
My dog? Well...
The ‘smart’ thermostat will be controlled by the government through the local electric company, even if you use natgas)...
I went back to the old, set the temperature and leave it, last year. Even the timer ones were a pain.
Now imagine putting such a system in your home.
Governor Neusom thinks you’ve used enough power for the day?
Government turns off your A/C on a baking hot day.
Governor Coumo thinks you used enough power for the day?
Government turns off your heat on a frosty winter’s day.
Turn down when you leave your home or go to bed. Turn up when you return to your home or get out of bed. There I solved the adjusting the thermostat during heating season algorithm.