Consumer Reports has no financial relationship with advertisers on this site. Ever feel like the controls on your thermostat might as well be hieroglyphics? We hear you. Whether you have a ...

In 1906, a young engineer named Mark Honeywell saw an opportunity in the business of Albert Butz. Butz had invented the modern home thermostat, the remote device that, when the home’s temperature ...

No one likes paying for things they don’t use. That’s why we don’t leave the lights on throughout the house when we’re sleeping and why we turn off the TV when no one’s watching it. Yet despite their ...

Tucson Electric Power is looking for volunteers to surrender control of one of the most untouchable items in every home: the thermostat. TEP is asking regulators to approve a pilot program in which ...

Ever feel like the controls on your thermostat might as well be hieroglyphics? We hear you. Whether you have a programmable thermostat or a smart model, setting a schedule can be confusing. But it’s a ...