90% of programmable thermostats are rarely or never programmed, resulting in copious wasted energy and needlessly high bills. The Nest Learning Thermostat controls your home’s heating and cooling mechanisms for you, allowing you to think of the environment and your finances - without actually having to think about it. Win-win!

Every year, most households spend large amounts of money on buying energy for heating. Much of this energy is wasted when we are not home, sleeping, or simply in different rooms of the house, thus letting the fire go up the chimney - contributing unnecessarily to CO₂ emissions that are extremely harmful to the environment. The reason for this is quite simple and a little sad: very few people actually regulate their thermostats properly. It is as simple as that!

This is generally due to one of three reasons: laziness, inability to manage complicated programmable thermostats, or lack of knowledge about the importance of proper regulation. However, this is unfortunate since proper regulation would both protect the environment and cut your energy bill profoundly.

The EPA says that a properly programmed thermostat can cut 20% off your heating and cooling bill, which would be equivalent to 340 million barrels of oil on a nationwide scale in the US. But to program it right, the thermostat needs an exact schedule: lower the temperature at 8 AM, turn it up when you get home, and lower it again when everyone’s in bed. The problem is our lives don’t always go according to schedule: we leave for the weekend, go out to dinner, go on vacation, stay up till 1 AM, etc. making programming of a thermostat almost impossible. For the same reason, it is estimated that 90% of programmable thermostats are rarely or never programmed. Until now, that is!

The people at Nest have figured out how to make a smart thermostat that programs itself and controls your heating and cooling to your liking in the most economical and sustainable way possible. It is called the Nest Learning Thermostat - a thermostat that programs itself to your preferences and turns itself down when you’re away. Nest helps you understand how your home uses energy so you can save more while protecting the environment in the process.

Nest features:

• Auto-Schedule: Automatically programs itself in a week. Creates a personalized schedule based on temperature changes you’ve made and continuously adapts to your changing life.
• Auto-Away: About two hours after leaving the house, Nest senses you’ve gone and automatically adjust the temperature to avoid heating or cooling an empty home.
• Airwave: Airwave automatically turns off the AC a few minutes early, but keeps the fan running. The air stays cool while your AC runs up to 30% less.
• Energy History: You make better decisions about your energy use if you know how and why it changes. Nest shows you exactly when your system was on and what impacts your bill the most.
• The Leaf: The Nest Leaf appears when you turn Nest to a temperature that’s energy efficient. It guides you in the right direction.
• Time to Temperature: Turning the temperature up higher doesn’t heat the house any faster, so Nest helps you save by showing you how long it’ll really take to reach the temperature you want.
• Nest allows you to interact with it via your smartphone.

Nest learns from you, and today, 99% of Nests have schedules that work with their owner’s lives. And when life doesn’t go according to schedule, Nest can help. Forgot to turn down the thermostat before you left the house? Auto-Away automatically saves energy while you’re out. Dreading the summer heat? Airwave™ cuts down on your cooling costs. Coming home early from a weekend away? Use your smart phone to regulate the temp on your way.

And as Nest learns about your preferences and your home, you can learn from Nest: Energy History gives you newfound insight into your energy use, Nest’s custom tips help you save more, while Nest Leaf guides you to energy savings.

It is simple. The average US household spends $30,000 on heating and cooling over a 20-year period. In that time, the $249 Nest Learning Thermostat, which takes 30 minutes to install and programs itself in a week, can save you $6,000.

For energy conscious people who want to save money and the environment, the Nest Learning Thermostat is a match made in heaven.