Sunset Air Helps You Keep Up with the Seasons Remotely

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Infinity-Touch-ControlThese days, your phone can do just about everything.  My phone even seems to make calls when safely ensconced in my back pocket…whether I want it to or not.  Now, however, I can teach it more helpful tricks, thanks to the knowledgeable employees of Lacey’s Sunset Air.

Home thermostat systems are now accessible via smart phone, laptop, or tablet, says Residential Division Manager Randy Norris.  Manufacturers like Carrier are able to connect via your home’s wireless internet which makes them remotely reachable, any time or place.

Ranging in price from approximately $450-750, these interfaced thermostats offer a greener solution so that any change in occupancy or schedule can be addressed.  Decide to extend your vacation?  Simply access your status and keep the heaters off for those extra days.  Sent home early on a snow day?  Log in from work and quickly turn up the settings for a toasty homecoming.

This technology isn’t just for folks with money to burn either.  The Carrier Infinity thermostat offers energy tracking features which allow for more detailed usage statistics.  This lets landlords and homeowners alike study their heating habits and make small, key adjustments that add up to money saved.  The online access is protected via password and your home wi-fi router offers secondary password security.

carrier logo newSunset Air has long been a hub of new technology, superb maintenance, and up-to-the-minute information.  Whether it’s helping install new LED streetlights or create the hemisphere’s highest rated LEED-certified building for Saint Martin’s University, they make our region brighter, warmer, and more efficient.  Helping introduce technologies like these, which once had the ring of science-fiction about them, goes a long way towards what Randy Norris calls the ‘smart grid.’  This is what the US Department of Energy refers to as “a class of technology people are using to bring utility electricity delivery systems into the 21st century, using computer-based remote control and automation. These systems are made possible by two-way communication technology and computer processing that has been used for decades in other industries. They are beginning to be used on electricity networks, from the power plants and wind farms all the way to the consumers of electricity in homes and businesses. They offer many benefits to utilities and consumers—mostly seen in big improvements in energy efficiency on the electricity grid and in the energy users’ homes and offices.”

One example of this can be seen locally at the University of Washington where computer monitored energy usage statistics have been used to save $130,000 a year.  Said Norris “I had an opportunity to visit the Carrier factory in Indianapolis a few months back and a major topic of discussion was that the upcoming trend is to incorporate the new ‘smart’ thermostats as a hub capable of controlling the entire home automation system including, security, lighting, sprinklers, etc.   (Soon to follow is a smart thermostat control capable of walking the dog!)”

While dog-walking is probably a few years away, it’s comforting to know that technological advancements are available to anyone, in any living situation.  We all want to save money, stay warm, keep our cool, and enjoy the tricky climate we live in.  The staff at Sunset Air can make that happen.

Visit Sunset Air at 5210 Lacey Boulevard SE or call 360-456-4956.

 

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