Comcast-Earth Networks Partner To Cut Xfinity User Energy Costs
Comcast partnered with Earth Networks’ WeatherBug Home software to help Xfinity Home customers lower heating and cooling costs by reducing energy use. WeatherBug Home provides data and analytics for Xfinity Home’s EcoSaver tool that learns the heating and cooling patterns…
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of a home and makes automatic adjustments to the thermostat, said the companies in a Monday news release. Earth Networks processes 25 terabytes of “hyper-local,” real-time weather data daily for 20 million unique consumers, combining data from neighborhood-located weather sensors and a home’s HVAC usage to build a unique thermodynamic model of each home’s energy usage, Earth Networks Chief Marketing Officer Leslie Ferry emailed us. The cost of heating and cooling can be almost half of an overall household utility bill, and integrating WeatherBug Home with a connected thermostat can provide 16.5 percent savings on home cooling, said Daniel Herscovici, general manager-Xfinity Home. Comcast also announced new devices for the Works with Xfinity Home certification program including with a thermostat from Google's Nest.