thermostat
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The thermostat had been set to 71 degrees Fahrenheit and a worker forgot to turn off the air-conditioning.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 4, 2026
During the World Cup, I was able to upgrade the AC unit, added a smart thermostat and invested in landscaping, which we want to do more of.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026
"Raise your thermostat as high as is comfortably safe," the company urged, while calling on residents to delay using laundry, dishwashers and electric vehicle chargers until after 8:00 pm.
From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026
Gavin says he's happy to have the house at 19C or 20C but his wife sometimes turns up the thermostat to 23C.
From BBC ● Apr. 15, 2026
The thermostat had failed, and the heat would not go off.
From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston
The companies are forming a power plant that would draw power from Sunrun and Tesla home battery systems and Renew smart thermostats.
From Barron's ● Jun. 24, 2026
Experts say millions of households have turned down radiators and thermostats, taken shorter showers, blocked draughts and found ways to keep the heating off in certain rooms to lower bills.
From BBC ● May 26, 2026
Utilities in the Midwest on Saturday directed customers to lower thermostats, unplug “nonessential appliances,” and reduce temperature settings on electric water heaters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 25, 2026
Decentralized infrastructure solutions are available now, such as rooftop solar and energy storage, and distributed energy resources including heat pumps and smart thermostats.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 5, 2025
The boiler-room telegraphs, stoking indicators, rudder indicators, clocks and thermostats were also electrical.
From Loss of the Steamship 'Titanic' by British Government
Soon some 450 great paintings were racked on pipeline scaffolds set up in the huge, thermostated hall where Financier Stotesbury once gave concerts for 1,000 guests.
From Time Magazine Archive
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