I liked the idea of NEST and Heat Genius dynamically adjusting the heating schedule of the house / room based on occupancy.
Since I had already invested in my Honeywell Evohome system and my Visonic alarm system I thought of a way to integrate the two. Basically what I've done it made my current system work like the Heat Genius but without having to buy any more kit.
Using the PIR information I can get out of my Visonic with a Powelink2 attached, I just simply log the Visonic sensor triggers from the various rooms. Then I use that information to amend the Evohome's heating schedule dynamically. You'll be amazed to see how similar the house usage patterns are each working day and that allows you to heat the house in the order of usage. And because I already know how long the rooms take to heat up to a given set point, I can pre-heat the rooms in advance so that by the time we enter the room it's heated.
Of course my system doesn't work if we suddenly decide to do the ironing on a Wednesday afternoon in the guest bedroom, when we've has never done that before!
Just thought I'd mention this as an idea of integration and smart heating too.
Since I had already invested in my Honeywell Evohome system and my Visonic alarm system I thought of a way to integrate the two. Basically what I've done it made my current system work like the Heat Genius but without having to buy any more kit.
Using the PIR information I can get out of my Visonic with a Powelink2 attached, I just simply log the Visonic sensor triggers from the various rooms. Then I use that information to amend the Evohome's heating schedule dynamically. You'll be amazed to see how similar the house usage patterns are each working day and that allows you to heat the house in the order of usage. And because I already know how long the rooms take to heat up to a given set point, I can pre-heat the rooms in advance so that by the time we enter the room it's heated.
Of course my system doesn't work if we suddenly decide to do the ironing on a Wednesday afternoon in the guest bedroom, when we've has never done that before!
Just thought I'd mention this as an idea of integration and smart heating too.