{"id":16557,"date":"2014-06-06T11:37:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress-367309-1145705.cloudwaysapps.com\/?p=16557"},"modified":"2014-06-06T11:37:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-06T17:37:29","slug":"smart-control-small-air-conditioning-units-tado-cooling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/smart-control-small-air-conditioning-units-tado-cooling\/","title":{"rendered":"Smart Control for Small Air Conditioning Units: tado\u00b0 Cooling"},"content":{"rendered":"

Those of us with central air conditioning<\/a> don’t have much trouble adding “smart” elements to our system: a programmable thermostat<\/a> will allow you to\u00a0adjust your system’s settings based on when you’re home and when you’re not. Smaller air conditioning units – window, ductless, or portable units – generally don’t have these kinds of features built in (not that I’ve seen, at least), so you either leave it running while you’re not at home, or wait for it to cool things down when you are… and neither of these approaches is particularly efficient.<\/p>\n

The folks at German company tado\u00b0<\/a> are attempting to bridge the smart air conditioning divide with their tado\u00b0 Cooling product. Take a look at their pitch video from their current Kickstarter campaign<\/a> for an overview of how their product works:<\/p>\n