Our friends over in Microsoft Research recently showcased a project, called PreHeat , which is designed to save energy by automatically controlling a home’s thermostat based on predictions of when the occupants will be home. In the U.S. and U.K., home heating uses more energy than any other residential energy expenditure. In the U.S., fewer than half the houses have programmable thermostats, and many of those are used as a manual on/off switches for the furnace. PreHeat uses occupancy sensors to…(read more)
New from Microsoft Research: Controlling Home Heating Using Occupancy Prediction
Posted by Code Monkey
on October 31, 2011
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