Sunday, May 04, 2014
‘Smart’ thermostats are the latest ‘it’ device
Parks Associates, a Dallas market research firm, estimates about 1 in 10 U.S. homes with a broadband connection now own a smart thermostat. That has driven what is now an $86 million-a-year global market, which may grow to $1.4 billion by 2020, according to a report published late last year by Navigant Research.
“Six (million) to 8 million thermostats are sold annually, and in the future a larger and larger portion of those are going to be smart,” said Tom Kerber, director o ...read more
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Smart thermometers bring savings
Parks Associates, a Dallas market research firm, estimates about 1 in 10 U.S. homes with a broadband connection now own a smart thermostat. That has driven what is now an $86 million-a-year global market, which may grow to $1.4 billion by 2020, according to a report published late last year by Navigant Research.
“Six (million) to 8 million thermostats are sold annually, and in the future a larger and larger portion of those are going to be smart,” said Tom Kerber, director o ...read more