I have a neighbor who is super nosey, super nice, and super annoying all at the same time. He reminds me of a famous cartoon neighbor. Anyway, he recently got a smart HVAC system installed in his house and he simply will not shut up about it. He almost sounds like a parent bragging about their child. “Did you know my smart HVAC system turns itself down to a lower setting when I’m not in the house?” he would say. Or, “My smart HVAC system learned that I get up at 0600 every morning and now it turns the heater up for me before I even get up.” He goes on and on about all kinds of stuff like this. The final straw was when he said, “My electric bill is half the amount this summer as it was last summer”. I didn’t believe him and didn’t want to egg him on further. However, my electric bill was through the roof this summer. If I really could cut it in half I would be very happy. That is why I asked my neighbor to prove it. He must have been waiting for me to say that because he went in his house then came right back out with his electric bills for this year and last. Sure enough, he paid about half as much this summer as he did last summer. Now I am starting to think that I would like to have a smart HVAC system installed in my house too. I understand that it is really just the thermostat that is smart and does all of the power saving. So it is not that expensive to upgrade to a smart HVAC system.