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Ecobee has time of use (limit use during higher rate time) and community savings (allow utility to adjust you up to 78)

On the basic levels it allows extra sensors to choose central fan use instead of ac, and proximity sensors to not turn on when your away (also a cell phone integration) in addition to scheduling.

It also has humidity based comfort (where it will adjust the set point higher if the system has been able to get to a low humidity). More advanced you can configure how much the ac will overcool for the humidity, or overcool before the time of use.

Even more advanced, you can configure your staging, responsiveness, and desired runtimes (though keeping this on auto is better)

There is even a project, beestat.io that compares your settings versus houses similar to yours in terms of runtime and insulation factor. (And recommends against an extremely responsive system)



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