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Monitor Your Energy Hogs with the Smart Thermostat

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smart_thermostat_energy_meterWho: EnergyHub – New York, NY

What: The Smart Thermostat

Where: EnergyHub – coming soon!

Why We Love ‘Em: Not sure if any of you have ridden in a Prius, but we got to take a tour of Oregon in a Prius through wine country to the coastal sand dunes and along the Columbia River.  Along the way, it was hard not to get caught up in the game of how high the miles per/gallon was particularly the amount of energy we were gaining on the downhill from Mount Hood. Felt like we were able to get better mileage because we were more aware of the amount of energy we were using at any point in time. So imagine if you could monitor your household energy consumption in the same way…

Seth Frader-Thompson was also intrigued by the dashboard energy monitor of the Prius and decided to build a ‘dashboard’ for the home – the Smart Thermostat. It connects wirelesses to your furnace, water heater and other appliances and lets you know how much energy each one is using and how much that energy costs. You can ‘power down’ your house with the click of the button and the system will monitor energy hogs with the ability to turn down appliances that using more than their fair share of energy.

Not yet on the market, but due out soon. You can sign-up to be on their waiting list.

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