Articles from ecobee

At CES 2025, ecobee announced Smart Thermostat Essential, a new smart thermostat that offers incredible value and maintains the brand's signature comfort and convenience features, including a full color touchscreen, at a lower cost. It is simple to install, easy-to-use and delivers serious savings. Customers can save up to 23%* on annual heating and cooling costs, covering the cost of the device in just six months.

ecobee has introduced Home Energy Reports, a new feature in the ecobee app that helps customers understand the direct impact of their home’s heating and cooling system’s energy use and makes it easy to understand opportunities to improve energy efficiency and savings. The new feature allows customers to make smarter and more sustainable decisions about their home.

Today ecobee delivers a smarter home with new smart lock integration with leading smart lock brands Yale and August. ecobee Smart Security customers in the United States and Canada no longer need to worry about forgetting to lock their door when linking Wi-Fi-enabled smart locks from Yale and August to their ecobee account. In addition to locking and unlocking their front door from anywhere, customers can now control their smart lock directly from Live View​ of their ecobee Smart Doorbell Camera in the ecobee app. For added convenience, users can get notified when guests arrive, greet them using two-way talk, and let them in from the ecobee app.

ecobee, a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems (NYSEGNRC), today announced the new ecobee Smart Thermostat Lite, available exclusively through Pro distribution channels. Designed with input from professionals, the ecobee Smart Thermostat Lite is easy to install, straightforward to use, durable and hardwired for enhanced reliability, eliminating the need for charging or a secondary power source.

Smart home leader ecobee today announced the launch of an updated grid resiliency program to help prevent power outages caused by extreme weather, sustained high heat, and natural disasters.

Smart home leader ecobee today released a new update to its eco+ Community Energy Savings feature to protect customers from power outages caused by extreme weather. During North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) Emergency Event Alert (EEA) or equivalent events, customers who are not already enrolled in a utility demand response program will receive an alert on their ecobee Smart Thermostat and ecobee mobile app informing them that their home is at risk of an outage. Customers then receive recommended, automated temperature adjustments to help ensure grid stability.

ecobee, together with parent company Generac Power Systems, Inc. (NYSEGNRC), a leading global designer and manufacturer of energy technology solutions and other power products, today announced that all ecobee smart thermostats released since 2014 can now integrate with Generac 4G LTE Cellular Propane Tank Monitors to easily monitor fuel levels in the propane tank right from the smart thermostat screen. This integration marks the latest milestone in ecobee and Generac’s mission to create a more comfortable, secure, resilient, and efficient home energy ecosystem.

ecobee, a subsidiary of Generac Power Systems (NYSEGNRC), today announced it is offering eligible customers in California’s hottest climate zones a $10 ecobee3 lite (regularly $149.99) or a $149.99 ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium (regularly $249.99) when they enroll in the company’s Cali ecosave program. Three thousand discounted thermostats are available, while supplies last.

Since launching the world’s first smart thermostat in 2009, ecobee has continued to redefine what a thermostat can do. Today’s introduction of ecobee Smart Thermostat Premium and ecobee Smart Thermostat Enhanced pushes the boundaries of the category to improve comfort, home health, and security, while continuing to deliver the energy saving features synonymous with ecobee.

Today ecobee announced it is partnering with select utility companies across the U.S. to offer a free or discounted ecobee3 lite to residents to help them stay cool, save energy, and reduce their energy bills this summer. Residents with the below utility companies can take advantage of the offer now by visiting their utility marketplace and enrolling in their demand response program upon checkout.1

ecobee, the inventor of the smart Wi-Fi thermostat and a leader in smart home technology, today announced a partnership with Alarm.com, a leader in cloud-based security and monitoring with over 6 million customers. Alarm.com’s professional dealers and installers can now integrate ecobee thermostats into Alarm.com-based security and smart home solutions, allowing customers to seamlessly control their ecobee smart thermostats in apps powered by Alarm.com.

ecobee is proud to announce it has received the 2021 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year Award by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. This award recognizes ecobee’s continued leadership around planet-positive smart home innovations, including the industry-leading ecobee SmartThermostat, and intelligent software platform, eco+, designed to improve energy efficiency, benefiting both consumers and the planet.