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Marianne F Touchie1,2, Jeffrey A Siegel1,3

  • 1Department of Civil & Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Indoor Air
|August 12, 2018
PubMed
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Smart thermostats reveal significant variation in home heating and cooling system runtime. This data highlights the importance of individual home factors beyond climate for system performance and filtration effectiveness.

Keywords:
exterior temperaturefan-only operationfiltration effectivenessheating and coolingruntime measurementsmart thermostat

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