Posted: August 18, 2025
When our customers talk to us about home comfort improvements, they often start with the biggest and most expensive pieces of equipment: furnaces, boilers, central air conditioners and heat pumps. While it’s true that these systems have a huge influence on your year-round quality of life and home budget, there’s a smaller and less expensive device that can be just as important: your thermostat.
At Main-Care Energy, we help homeowners in Saratoga County, the greater NY Capital District, the Hudson Valley and Western Vermont get the best performance and efficiency from their heating and cooling systems. In these sweltering summer months, upgrading to a smart thermostat can have an outsized impact.
Manual thermostats are typically knob- or box-shaped and have a single dial to set a temperature for your whole home. They also generally have a switch or toggle to shift from heating to cooling. You can often see a readout of the current temperature in the room and what the thermostat is set to.
Programmable thermostats have the same functionality but also allow you to program settings for your system, scheduling increases and reductions in your home temperature for specific times of the day.
Smart thermostats are programmable, but they have lots of other functionalities. They connect to your home’s Wi-Fi and can be controlled from your mobile devices. These models may connect to your utility company (with your permission) to moderate temperatures during periods of high demand, and they can make additional energy-saving changes automatically.
Smart home temperature adjustments can reduce your household’s energy consumption and considerably lower your annual spending without significantly impacting your comfort. Indeed, the U.S. Department of Energy has found that American families can save up to 10% on their heating and cooling costs simply by turning back their thermostats by 7°-10°F for 8 hours each day.
If you invest in a smart thermostat, you can ensure these cost savings by:
If you want to improve your home’s thermostat management and automate some other essential systems and items in your house, the Main-Care Energy team is here to help. We offer customers a slate of services called Main-Care Connect, a cutting-edge solution to protect your home from frozen pipes, water damage, and other costly issues. This innovative system links devices throughout your house directly to your smartphone or smart device, keeping you informed and in control at all times.
Our Main-Care Connect devices — which include a smart thermostat — allow you to do all these actions remotely:
Reach out to the Main-Care Energy team today to get started automating your home for energy savings and improved peace of mind!
