By installing baseboard smart thermostats, also known as line voltage smart thermostats, you can
find ways to better manage your energy consumption and overall comfort.
And with myEnergy Rewards, you can
get incentives up to $75 when you enrol 3 or more devices. If you aren’t yet using this
technology, you can purchase baseboard smart thermostats at your local home improvement, hardware store or online retailer, and get discounts up to $75 when
you bundle 3 or more devices — exclusive to Hydro One residential customers who also sign
up for the program.
Alvaro’s Tips for Baseboard Heating
Alvaro Gallego and the Customer Strategy team are passionate about energy conservation — the
benefits to customers and in supporting the future of our electricity system. As an individual,
Alvaro is an early adopter of new technologies and appreciates the solutions that new
innovations bring. He was one of the first to turn his house into a smart home over 8 years ago
and keeps up-to-date with the latest tech.
In November 2023, the myEnergy Rewards program expanded to include baseboard smart thermostats as an
additional eligible smart device to the program. Customers can also enrol HVAC smart
thermostats, electric vehicles and level-2 home chargers.
These are Alvaro’s top 3 tech-savvy tips to take advantage of with a baseboard smart
thermostat:
Find the right level of comfort:
Automate your heating by setting schedules that work for your lifestyle.
Tech-savvy tip! Some baseboard smart thermostats
offer the cool feature of geo-fencing, so you can set a radius around your home that will
automatically adjust your temperature higher or lower depending on your proximity to the
home.
Get whole home control:
Use your smart thermostat app and quickly control any area of your home from anywhere, anytime.
Tech-savvy tip! Ever heard of zone control? This
smart feature on some baseboard smart thermostats allows you to group multiple heating zones
together to make it easier to control your energy use and comfort. Smart home integrations
are also available for some baseboard smart thermostats, so you can even control the
thermostat through your speakers.
Energy efficiency for you and the planet:
By using energy wisely, you help enable a greener and more sustainable electricity system.
Tech-savvy tip! With having greater control over
where, when and how much energy you’re using, you can make smart decisions that saves you
energy. Some baseboard smart thermostat apps can even show you data on your energy usage or
have eco-modes to help you stay comfortable while saving energy.
Learn more about smart thermostats
We asked Alvaro: "Why do new technologies like baseboard smart thermostats excite you?"
"We are all just a few clicks away from enabling simple features in our smart
phones connected to our smart devices that will help us all — and our utilities — achieve a
cleaner environment and increase grid reliability by making better use of our electricity resources while reducing consumption.
What I like about baseboard smart thermostats is that our customers can convert their manual
electric baseboard heaters into smart devices so they can be in control from anywhere to
deliver comfort, improve energy efficiency and help reduce their electricity
costs."
Alvaro Gallego,
Senior Advisor, Customer Strategy
