Geofencing is a feature offered in most of the smart thermostat models like Nest, Ecobee & other popular thermostats. ‘Geofencing’ feature in a thermostat tracks the homeowner’s location (via GPS in his/her smartphone) and adjusts the thermostat settings based on the location (away/home). In this article, we write about geofencing thermostats – those smart thermostats like Nest, Ecobee, Emerson Sensi, Mysa (line volt), which offer the geofencing feature. What is geofencing? Nowadays owning a smartphone is no big deal and hence most of us have one. The GPS feature of such phones helps in tracking your location. This is smartly used by some smart thermostats to deliver optimum performance in terms of reduction in energy consumption through a feature called “geofencing”. Geofencing can be imagined as a virtual fence around your home, the diameter of which you can set. Geofencing thermostats are those when linked to your smartphone use the…
By Mathew Kevin