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With nearly 30 years of HVAC experience, Sensi’s Tom Lorenz has become an industry expert. An engineer with a background designing pinball machines, Tom has always been hands on. He’s built cars, a house and “anything else I can’t afford.”

Whatever you call it, however you use it, keep it away from your HVAC!

Your Sensi smart thermostat is so much more than just part of your home. It’s your home’s partner. And that means Sensi is always there to help your family live its best life—enjoying maximum comfort while saving energy.

It’s time to rethink spring cleaning. Sure, you’ll enjoy a fresher, brighter home. But now more than ever, it’s time to start claiming some cash back on your time and energy. All it takes is knowing where to look.

Snow and ice aren’t the only symptoms of winter. You’ll also experience jolts of static electricity and itchy skin while breathing dry, stuffy indoor air fouled with harmful particles. Luckily, winter is only a temporary condition. And Sensi has some cures.

The long months of winter can make it feel like the same day keeps repeating over and over. But winter doesn’t have to feel like a never-ending Groundhog Day inside your home. Because Sensi makes it easy to keep your comfort in sync with the ever-changing rhythms of your family’s unique lifestyle.

Heating and cooling your home can account for nearly 1/3 of a typical household’s utility bill. But compared to furnaces, heat pumps can help lower energy use for heating by as much as 50%. 

Nothing makes the holidays warmer than welcoming family and friends into your home. From dinners and parties to visits from out-of-towners, your Sensi is the secret to holiday hosting.  

Cold weather is just around the corner, so fall is the perfect time to make a list of some of the small tweaks you can make around the home to optimize your home's comfort in the months ahead. Below are some helpful tips to get you started!

Contractors can ease customer concerns by relaying that when it comes to data and personal information, smart thermostats leverage trusted industry standards and proven encryption and security techniques to ensure customer data is safe.

Moving into a new home this summer? While we can’t help you pack all your dishes or get that dreaded sofa up the stairs, we can offer these helpful tips for moving with smart thermostat technology.

The average person takes between 17,280 and 23,040 breaths a day while likely spending as much as 90% of their time indoors. But the air quality inside can be worse than outdoors. And tiny particles—things like pet dander, dust, bacteria, pollen, mold spores, viruses, exhaust and more—can be inhaled and then absorbed into the bloodstream. 

Some homeowners may not realize that there are several steps you can take to save both energy and money while you’re away this summer. Here are just a few ways to save green while going green while enjoying your next vacation.

There’s a good chance that your local utility is running a demand response program and you may be eligible to participate. With increasing sales of smart thermostats, DR programs are also rising in popularity. But what are these programs exactly?  

Earth Day is just around the corner (April 22), and this year, our partners at ENERGY STAR are celebrating early with Earth Week. Beginning April 17, ENERGY STAR will be raising awareness about how homeowners can make choices that will not only save them money in utility costs, but also help reduce their carbon footprint.

Spring is almost here! The snow is melting, the robins are chirping and, oh wait, we’re losing an hour of sleep this month?! On March 12, while you’re adjusting to your new sleep schedule and scrambling to change all the clocks on your home, don’t forget about how daylight savings time affects your HVAC system.

Sensi released its “Smart Home Data Privacy Survey,” in which 2,000 U.S. homeowners aged 18-76 answered questions that focused on smart home product use as well as adoption. Among its key findings was that 4 in 5 homeowners are concerned about smart thermostat manufacturers having access to personal data.

Rather than needing to manually change the setpoints of your thermostat throughout the day, the Sensi app now has several scheduling features to automate and customize temperature adjustments throughout the year. 

Making your list and checking it twice? Don’t miss out on holiday savings from Sensi! Whether you’re shopping for yourself or your loved ones, it’s the perfect time to give the gift of connected comfort.

October 12th is ENERGY STAR Day! Join Sensi in celebrating with some simple ways to save energy around your home.

Looking for a new air conditioner can be overwhelming. New units are investments as they typically last 15-20 years, so finding the right one is crucial.

Summer is officially here, and with it comes huge heat waves that can drain your wallet with high energy bills. Be prepared this summer and battle those bills with these 6 energy-saving tips for summertime. 

Heat pumps are quickly becoming a sustainable and affordable alternative to traditional heating and cooling methods. Its popularity is increasing as home and property owners are purchasing them to replace furnaces and air conditioning units as well as installing them in new construction projects.

Owning a Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) system has become a necessity in our daily lives. Frigid winters and sweltering summers ensure its continual use. This means that HVAC systems need regular maintenance to keep ourselves and our families comfortable. If HVAC units are not regularly taken care of, it could mean costly repairs or an entire unit replacement.

Sensi is committed to using energy resources wisely. Our decades of experience apply the latest technology that empowers you to take control of your home comfort while also reducing your energy costs and energy use.  

Colder temperatures outside often mean bumping your thermostat up to warmer temperatures to stay cozy inside—and a higher thermostat can mean higher energy bills. So, what is the ideal temperature for your thermostat?

The Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) has named Sensi Touch smart thermostat a winner in the 2021 Integrated Home Competition.  

Leaves are falling and fall is the perfect time to check in with your HVAC system and thermostat settings to prepare for the colder winter months ahead. Sensi has a few tips to make sure you’re prepared, stay comfortable indoors and even save energy!

October is Energy Awareness Month! Join Sensi in celebrating with some simple ways to save energy around your home.  

It’s that time of year…leaves start to change, football season officially kicks off and kids head back to school. Inevitably our schedules become busier, and more time is spent away from home. We’re here with some simple tips to help you effortlessly manage your heating and cooling a little smarter to save you time and energy too!  

Summer is officially here. With temps on the rise, your air conditioner may be working overtime. Sensi has a few tips to ensure your HVAC unit is operating efficiently.  

Sensi Touch is now available in silver. It’s the same, award-winning smart thermostat you know, now in a sleek and striking silver color.  

Sensi smart thermostats have improved our scheduling feature with a more modern user interface—making it easier to schedule temperatures on your thermostat than ever before.

Sensi smart thermostats have received the 2021 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy for the second consecutive year. Sensi was the first smart thermostat to receive the honor in 2020.  

If you’re not prepared in advance, extreme weather events can lead to unexpectedly high bills. Find ways to save energy with your Sensi smart thermostat.

One of the many benefits of having a Sensi smart thermostat is creating a more energy efficient home leading to greater environmental sustainability and cost savings.

It’s easier than ever to control the comfort of your home and keep your heating and cooling equipment functioning at peak performance. Sensi smart thermostat in-app tools and alerts deliver the information you need to maintain your HVAC equipment and spot any potential disruptions in service before they escalate into bigger, more costly issues. 

Have you every returned home to find your heating or cooling system broke down while you were away? Sensi smart thermostats monitor and provide urgent notifications directly to your phone if issues arise with your HVAC system - helping to avoid costly maintenance or damage.

South Haven Baptist Church, located in Springfield, Missouri, implemented Sensi Multiple Thermostat Manager in 2019. Since then, the church has saved more than $9,000 annually in heating and cooling costs.

For an easy way to prevent others from adjusting your temperature too high or too low, using temperature limits on your Sensi app can help. 

The readers of PC Magazine have named Sensi the Best Smart Thermostat of 2020. This recognition speaks volumes for Sensi and our commitment to continuously striving for innovation and customer satisfaction.  

You asked and we heard you! Now you have the ability to set your preferences on the brightness of your Sensi touch screen. 

With Sleep Mode, you are in control of the brightness of the screen and how long it takes before going “to sleep”. You also can pick what is displayed on the screen in Sleep Mode. 

No more forgetting to change your air filter or schedule HVAC maintenance. In-app service reminders from Sensi make it easier than ever to keep your heating and cooling system functioning at its peak performance.  

We’ve partnered with our friends at Filtrete™ Brand on some tips for proper filter maintenance that can help you optimize HVAC performance while improving air quality. From 3M, Filtrete Brand has been manufacturing air filters for almost 25 years and is the most trusted filter brand in America**.  

Sensi was featured in a new episode of Lifetime TV's Designing Spaces. The theme of the show was highlighting how homeowners could make smart and energy-saving upgrades to their home.

During a time when staying and working from home has become the new normal, we are getting the opportunity to try out our smart home gadgets and handheld devices more than ever before. Families are now using iPads not only for entertainment but for their jobs and schoolwork too.  

Sensi is the first smart thermostat brand to be named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year. This award is the highest level of recognition by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and honors organizations that have made outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency achievements.

Energy efficiency tends to make the news today more and more frequently. Businesses are becoming more focused on cutting carbon footprint, and not just for the PR value, but due to real savings which can be realized through implementing greener tactics. Matt Worsham, from the University of Dayton, works as the school’s energy efficiency and renewable energy manager.

Josh Massey, HVAC Manager for the University of Dayton, manages the day-to-day HVAC operations and service requests for the Catholic research university in Ohio. “I'm the first one who sees it when a call for service comes in. I report my findings and then assign the technician that's going to go out and service the equipment.” Comprised of ten dormitories and four hundred homes, Josh’s territory involves answering a wide range of service calls and distributing a force of over a dozen technicians to handle those issues. 

A five-day weekend is any student’s dream, but that dream can turn into a nightmare for school facilities administrators. “Our teachers went home one Thanksgiving break, and the majority of our thermostats were on hold at a temperature much warmer than they needed to be with no one in the building.That’s when I decided that we needed to go to a system where I could control it from one vantage point.”