The house in New Jersey came with a menagerie of control panels. Pallid little rectangles with fuzzy LCD screens, of varying brands and designs. Some were decades old, and there were six of them in ...

VPPs offer ways to help support the grid while earning credits or reducing your power bills. Here's how smart thermostats work with them. Alexandra Jones is a CNET contributor who writes about food, ...

A big appeal of the Nest Learning Thermostat is that it's smart enough to help curate a temperature schedule that keeps you comfortable and saves you money. It does this by automatically changing your ...

While saving money on your energy bill is the big draw of smart thermostats, many products today now let you save even more cash with rebates. The amount you'll get back varies from energy provider to ...

Combined, these features add up to notable savings. Google Nest's research, for instance, showed that users of the Nest ...

With freezing temperatures expected to put a deep chill on North Carolina, it's important to know how to protect your home. From dripping taps to prevent burst pipes to optimal temperatures for your ...

Anu is a Features author at Android Police. You'll find her writing in-depth pieces about automation tools, productivity apps, and explainers. Before joining AP, she used to write for prominent tech ...

With a polar vortex bringing snow to the South for the first time in a longtime, there's a good chance many are clashing over what temperature to keep their homes. The debate over the ideal thermostat ...