Study Finds WeatherBug Home Delivers Greater HVAC Energy Efficiency in Utility Pilot
Homes in the pilot that integrated with WeatherBug Home saved three times more electricity
GERMANTOWN, Md. — Consumers who integrated WeatherBug Home’s HVAC control and optimization capabilities with their connected thermostat saved 16.5 percent when cooling their home as compared to 5.1 percent HVAC savings using a connected thermostat –– saving 11.4 percent more in HVAC energy use — according to results from a pilot conducted by National Grid.
The residential customer pilot commissioned by National Grid, a leading electricity and natural gas company, compared HVAC savings between homes with non-connected thermostats (the control group) versus those with a connected thermostat and home energy monitoring and those with a connected thermostat, home energy monitoring reports, and WeatherBug Home thermostat optimization. Specifically, the pilot found that: