Abstract:The largest portion of a home's energy consumption is attributed to its Heating, Ventilation and Cooling system(HVAC). Since the early 1900s, programmable thermostats have been studied as a potential tool to achieve energy savings in the home. However, studies have shown that conventional programmable thermostats are not used to their full potential due to several factors-difficult to use interfaces, lack of knowledge of working of HVACs and fading user interaction with the thermostats over time. To overcome t… Show more
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