https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/30113184-4a19-4026-b5df-e6a6b081ca84 This Old House plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey reveals how home automation delivers comfort, convenience and energy savings. SUBSCRIBE to This Old House: http://bit.ly/SubscribeThisOldHouse Up in the workshop, Richard showed Kevin how HVAC thermostats have evolved. Originally, mercury-filled thermostats simply turned heating systems on and off. Now, high-tech "smart" thermostats control multiple zones of heating and cooling and can also control home automation and monitor energy use. Battery-powered, programmable thermostats are available from a variety of manufacturers and are available at hardware stores and home centers. Richard showed three high-tech thermostats that, in addition to controlling heating and cooling systems, can also monitor and control other systems: Ecobee [https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/], Trane ComfortLink [https://www.trane.com/index.html], and Emme [http://www.getemme.com/]. About Ask This Old House TV: Homeowners have a virtual truckload of questions for us on smaller projects, and we're ready to answer. Ask This Old House solves the steady stream of home improvement problems faced by our viewers—and we make house calls! Ask This Old House features some familiar faces from This Old House, including Kevin O'Connor, general contractor Tom Silva, plumbing and heating expert Richard Trethewey, and landscape contractor Roger Cook. Looking for more step by step guidance on how to complete projects around the house? Join This Old House INSIDER to stream over 1,000 episodes commercial-free: https://bit.ly/2GPiYbH Plus, download our FREE app for full-episode streaming to your connected TV, phone or tablet: https://www.thisoldhouse.com/pages/streaming-app Follow This Old House and Ask This Old House: Facebook: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseFB Twitter: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseTwitter http://bit.ly/AskTOHTwitter Pinterest: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHousePinterest Instagram: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseIG http://bit.ly/AskTOHIG For more on This Old House and Ask This Old House, visit us at: http://bit.ly/ThisOldHouseWebsite How to Choose a Thermostat or Home Automation System | This Old House https://www.youtube.com/user/thisoldhouse/ Wed, 15 Apr 2026 13:41:58 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/30113184-4a19-4026-b5df-e6a6b081ca84 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.