Smart thermostats help you manage heating and cooling room by room, season by season, and even based on occupancy. This makes them a powerful tool for reducing energy costs, managing demand fluctuations, and lowering your carbon footprint.
Sense + Ecobee: Improving HVAC Detection
Sense has integrated Ecobee smart thermostats to gather valuable HVAC data across our user base. While enabling this integration won’t result in immediate new detections, the data collected will help improve HVAC detection for your home and the entire Sense community over time.
For more on how smart thermostats impact energy use, check out Who Controls Your Thermostat.
How to Enable an Ecobee Thermostat in Sense
- Open the Sense App and go to Settings > Connected Devices.
- Select Ecobee Thermostat under Data Sources.
- Press "Enable" and follow the sign-in process for Ecobee.
What Happens Next?
- Your historical Ecobee data will be sent to the Sense Data Science team.
- Moving forward, batched historical data will continue to be shared on a recurring schedule.
While you won’t see immediate changes in your Sense app, this data plays a crucial role in improving HVAC detection accuracy—helping both you and the entire Sense user base over time.
For more details, visit the Sense Help Center.