Which Digital Thermostat is Best for Me?

July 07, 2009 @ 02:13pm CDT

In general, every ENERGY STAR qualified programmable thermostat comes with four pre-programmed settings and maintains those settings within two degrees. Many qualified models also come with additional features, such as:

	Digital, backlit displays
	Touch pad screen programming
	Voice and/or phone programming
	Hold/Vacation features
	Indicators which tell you when its time to change air filters
	Indicators that signal malfunctioning of heating/cooling systems
	Adaptive Recovery/ Smart Recovery features control features that senses the amount of time it will take to reach the next set-point temperature, and reach desired temperatures by the set time