While smart thermostats are certainly on the rise for the residential market, the commercial side has experienced a much slower adoption rate. While a residential building has fewer people to heat or cool and a smaller space, commercial buildings aren’t as simple. Larger spaces and more people can make for a difficult heating and cooling process.
According to an article in Utility Dive, a new study from researchers at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, New York, found that “Commercial buildings are spending $600 million more than necessary every year to heat and cool spaces while wasting significant energy doing so.”