Energy Efficiency

5 Technologies Driving the Future of Smart Home Systems

In today’s day and age, every part of our lives is connected. Including our homes.

Where smart homes were once considered a distant reality, for many people, they are now the norm. And one key aspect of a smart home is that the essential systems that keep them running—think your HVAC and water heating systems—are made up of smart equipment, too. 

Let’s explore the five key technology advancements driving the next era of smart home systems and what they mean for homeowners.

5 Ways to Save Energy with a Smart Thermostat

Your home’s smart thermostat doesn’t only manage home temperatures. It’s a tool you can use to control and monitor your home’s energy use. And with heating and cooling accounting for about half of an average home’s energy usage, according to the Department of Energy, making sure that your HVAC system is working efficiently can come with big cost savings.

Using a smart thermostat like the Rheem’s EcoNet® Smart Thermostat is an easy way to ensure that your HVAC system is working at peak performance.

How to Make a Commercial Building More Energy Efficient

Managing a multi-use commercial space is no easy task—especially where efficiency is concerned. In the United States, commercial buildings represent nearly 16 billion square feet of floorspace and consume more than 250 billion kilowatt-hours (kWh) of office building energy use.

For property and facility managers, managing a building’s energy efficiency is essential. But what does running an efficient building really mean?

Let’s dig into the benefits of increased energy efficiency and how to make a commercial building more energy efficient.

12 Ways to Make Your Home Energy Efficient

Improving your home’s energy efficiency may seem like a small step toward a sustainable future, but it’s a move that comes with big environmental impacts. That’s because energy efficiency plays a pivotal role in lowering greenhouse gases, according to the International Energy Agency.

So, this Earth Day—and every day—use these strategies to make your home energy efficient.

1.  Program your thermostat.

Meet Endeavor™, Rheem’s Regulation-Ready Product Line

On January 1, 2023, new energy efficiency standards went into effect that bring significant changes to efficiency criteria and the way both residential and commercial HVAC equipment are rated.

For contractors, these new energy efficiency regulations can make a big impact on business, especially when it comes to the products that they can sell and install.

Here’s a look at what’s changing this year—and how Rheem designed Endeavor™, an all-new product line to help make contractors’ lives easier,