VPPs offer ways to help support the grid while earning credits or reducing your power bills. Here's how smart thermostats work with them. Alexandra Jones is a CNET contributor who writes about food, ...

Smart thermostats save you time, money and energy by creating heating and cooling schedules and monitoring your usage. You can even make adjustments from your phone. But these aren’t the only features ...

As temperatures fall in the colder months, concerns about heating bills rise. Smart thermostat brands often claim their high-tech models can save money through advanced algorithms, but is it true?

Engineers design modern engines to run in a narrow temperature window where power, efficiency, and emissions all line up. The thermostat sits at the center of that control, opening and closing a ...

We studied results from our own thermostats and other research to find how much smart versions save on monthly bills -- and ...

In liquid-cooled cars, a thermostat is a valve that regulates the flow of coolant to keep things running safely within your engine's correct operating temperature range. Watch your car's temperature ...

This common message might mean nothing, but it may also indicate issues with your thermostat that could require intervention ...

The popular website Consumer Reports (CR) conducted lab tests on both the Google Nest Thermostat (2020) and the Nest Learning Thermostat (4th gen), and also used them at home to get a real-world ...

As Americans experience the start of winter – in some cases, an extreme winter – it’s time to get out the sidewalk salt and clean the furnace. And, usually, to turn up the heat. However, too few of us ...

Shopping for a smart thermostat that works with the new Matter standard? There aren’t many to choose from, but now you’ve got one more option. Smart home manufacturer Meross has just unleashed its ...

The ecobee Smart Thermostat Lite | Works With EcoNet® Technology is the newest addition to Rheem's smart thermostat lineup, introducing a simplified option designed for 24-Volt installations and ...