Google has announced this week that it will integrate its 2014 acquisition and smart-home darling Nest with its own in-house Hardware team in a move intended to “supercharge Nest’s mission.”
The US Environmental Protection Agency has finalized its first-ever ENERGY STAR specifications for smart thermostats, a move which resulted in the Nest Learning Thermostat becoming the world’s first smart thermostat to receive an ENERGY STAR rating.
If you live in Chicago, then you can get yourself a Nest Learning Thermostat at no cost, and you only need to jump through a couple of hoops. Nest announced on its blog this past weekend that residents of Chicago can save up to $240 on a Nest Learning Thermostat, and … [continued]
SolarCity’s new smart energy home offers a customized combo of solar, battery storage, smart electric water heater, and Nest Learning Thermostat. SolarCity is introducing a smart energy home offering to new residential customers in Hawaii. The home includes a palette of advanced clean energy, storage, and efficiency technologies. The Smart Energy Home … [continued]
The ever-popular Nest Learning Thermostat has now reached its third generation, with the new model being revealed this week. Nest, the company which has almost single-handedly reimagined the common thermostat (at least, according to public awareness and taste) this week revealed the 3rd generation Nest Learning Thermostat, replete with a … [continued]
Energy-focused apps being offered by utilities and other vendors have the potential to save customers an average of 8% on their energy bills. A new report by Navigant Research investigating the residential energy app market found that residential customers are more and more turning to energy-focused apps to make better … [continued]
Nest has announced that it is upgrading its flagship Nest Learning Thermostat with a 3rd generation version of the pioneering home energy management tool. The new Nest Learning Thermostat will feature a sleek new design with a 40% larger, brighter, and higher-resolution screen, with new graphics so that you’ll be … [continued]
The Nest Learning Thermostat used to be one of those products available from Apple’s online and retail stores, part of an assortment of third-party retailers that managed to get their fancy-lookin’ goods sold through one of the most popular brands in the world. However, Nest is no longer being sold … [continued]
Nest Labs has revamped its entire product line to coincide with the release of Nest Cam, the second generation Nest Protect, and new features on its core product, the Nest Learning Thermostat. The company which caught everyone by storm with the release of its Nest Learning Thermostat in early 2012 has expanded its … [continued]
“So here’s the weirdest thing about programmable thermostats,” writes Matt Rogers, the founder and head of Engineering for the Nest learning thermostat: “it’s hard to prove how much energy they save or if they save energy at all.” That’s one hell of a way to begin an official blog post … [continued]
