Optimise indoor heating with smart radiators

Ahead of winter, many households are now evaluating and optimising their heating. A smart radiator thermostat lowers or turns off your heating elements when nobody is home. The savings show when your energy bill arrives!

The heart of the home is the TaHoma switch from Somfy

It’s easy to replace existing thermostat controllers with Somfy’s TaHoma switch – a smart controller that allows you to set when your thermostats should be active. The heating can be automatically lowered before going to bed, for example, as it should be cooler in the bedroom for better quality of sleep. Just before it's time to wake up, the TaHoma switch kicks in to turn up the heating – so you can rise to a warm home.

When the last person in the family is out the door in the morning, the heating is automatically adjusted to cool down the home during the day when nobody is there. Towards the afternoon the thermostat turns up the heating again, warming the rooms for when family members start coming home. Your wallet will be happy about the money saved on heating that would otherwise have gone to waste!

Make the most of the sun with smart sun protection

The sun is our planet’s primary source of warmth, so we should use its rays when the opportunity arises. The TaHoma switch and smart radiator valves from Somfy can help with this. Thanks to a built-in temperature sensor in the thermostat, the smart sun screens in your home are automatically lowered or raised depending on the amount of available sunlight.

When the temperature drops in a given room, the sensor triggers your smart roller blinds or curtains to open and let in sunlight – heating the home at no extra cost. It also works the other way around: when it’s too hot in a room, the blinds or curtains are automatically drawn to block out sunlight and cool the room down.

Using smart sun shades in this way also reduces your heating bill, as the elements can be turned down when the sun is shining into the home.

Now that’s smart!