12.9 Smart HVAC Controller

Manage your air conditioning and heating needs with smarter temperature control in your home. You can dial your thermostat up or down based on a specific time frame or operate it from a remote location. Ben Heckendorn, host of The Ben Heck Show, posted an episode on home automation featuring this project.[118] I like his approach because he didn’t mess with the hardwired internals of the thermostat. It also uses parts that we already had from Chapter 8, ​Curtain Automation​, making it an easy project to assemble and implement.