[HH] home automation connected thermostat

Drew Van Zandt drew.vanzandt at gmail.com
Wed Dec 3 23:36:40 EST 2014


Home Depot has a WiFi one for $100 (Honeywell), and in MA you can get a
$100 rebate from your gas company until the end of the year.  Since it's
WiFi, I am certain it's easily hackable to be poked by home automation
under Linux.

*Drew Van ZandtArtisan's Asylum Board of Directors*

On Wed, Dec 3, 2014 at 11:27 PM, Tom Metro <tmetro+hhacking at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Any people on the list with experience with thermostats that interface
> with home automation gear?
>
> This market was moving along slowly until Nest showed up, and then it
> seemed to take off in a big way. I haven't looked at the choices closely
> in a few years.
>
> Personally I'm less interested in a solution like Nest that aims to be a
> stand-alone device, with an emphasis on style. I'd rather something that
> has less built-in functionality and good connectivity with home
> automation gear, using either WiFi, Z-Wave, or ZigBee.
>
>  -Tom
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