Q: In your piece “Here are cold, hard facts about your thermostats” (2/11/05), you described how a gas/oil furnace thermostat works. The Northwest probably has more electric heat than anywhere in the ...

For those who get heart palpitations each time they open electric and gas bills, saving money on energy usage might be an important goal. If you don’t want to save money by lowering your heating or ...

Derived from the Latin word fornax, meaning oven, a furnace is a large heating appliance designed to evenly distribute heat throughout a building. Furnaces accomplish this by burning fuel internally ...

Nest has announced a new version of its learning thermostat, the first major update to the product’s hardware since 2012. Much like previous versions, the 3rd generation Nest replaces the existing ...

MAPLE GROVE, Minn — Furnace technicians say the colder it gets, the harder our furnaces have to work to keep our homes warm. This is the time when a lot of the smaller issues in your furnace can turn ...

What do smart thermostats do? A smart thermostat is a WiFi-connected thermostat, allowing the homeowner to easily control and automate the operation of the home’s heating and cooling systems. The ...