@techreport{sachs2012programmable,
title = {Field Evaluation of Programmable Thermostats},
author = {Sachs, O and Tiefenbeck, V and Duvier, C and Qin, A and Cheney, K and Akers, C and Roth, K},
abstract = {Prior research suggests that poor programmable thermostats usability may prevent their effective use to save energy. We hypothesized that home occupants with a high-usability thermostats would be more likely to use them to save energy than people with a basic thermostat. We randomly installed a high-usability thermostat in half the 77 apartments of an affordable housing complex, installing a basic thermostat in the other half. During the heating season, we collected space temperature and furnace on-off data to evaluate occupant interaction with the thermostats, foremost nighttime setbacks. We found that thermostat usability did not influence energy-saving behaviors, finding no significant difference in temperature maintained among apartments with high- and low-usability thermostats.},
doi = {10.2172/1059166},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/1059166},
urldate={2024-02-19},
howpublished={\url{https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1059166}},
number = {DOE/GO-102012-3804},
place = {United States},
year = {2012},
month = {12},
}