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Nest Learning Thermostat
£219, store.google.com
Co-created by Tony Fadell, whose CV includes the iPod and iPhone, the Nest Learning Thermostat claims to have saved almost 40 billion kWh of energy worldwide since it launched, and offers a 10 per cent to 12 per cent saving on heating and cooling per household. The intelligent thermostat spends a week learning your heating and cooling preferences, then creates a schedule and makes small adjustments to use less energy while keeping you comfortable.
The Nest can be adjusted manually via its weighty, stainlesssteel dial, but also connects to your smartphone for remote control. By knowing the location of your phone, it can turn the heating down when you go out and turn it back up again when you return.
Nest claims the thermostat will pay for itself in less than two years, based on the energy it saves.