Temperature Control System/Thermostat/HVAC
What Makes HVAC Devices Smart?
Let us dive into the “smart” part. Merely having a device be connected to WiFi does not make it smart. Having pre-defined scheduling controls or “if statements” doesn’t make it smart either. Then what does?
The answer lies in the difference between communication and decision-making. Being connected to the internet and establishing two-way communication in the form of data logs, usage history, and crash reports is not considered smart. It’s what happens after the communication that determines if a system is smart or not.
For example, a thermostat relays back to the cloud server the usage patterns of the past 7 days. Simply recording this data and displaying it wouldn’t qualify the requirement for smart. What needs to happen is the manipulation of this data using machine learning algorithms–only then can something be called smart.