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Controller set point adjustment based on outdoor temperature

  • US 9,964,322 B2
  • Filed: 04/03/2015
  • Issued: 05/08/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/01/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A thermostat for providing climate control in a premises, the thermostat comprising:

  • a processor and memory configured to;

    obtain adjusted heating and cooling set point values determined by combining adjustment amounts with heating and cooling set points set for a climate control system local to the premises and controlled by the thermostat, the adjustment amounts determined in accordance with (a) an adjustment function input by and/or selected by a user of the premises, where the adjustment function does not necessarily take energy consumption into account, and (b) deviations of sensed outdoor ambient temperature (OAT) values from an intermediate OAT value predefined in a range of OAT values;

    whereby the thermostat is configured to, in response to sensed outdoor temperatures in the range of OAT values, control heating and cooling in the premises in accordance with the adjusted heating and cooling set point values.

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