According to the U.S. Department of Energy, heating water accounts for fully 18 percent of the typical household’s annual energy consumption, second only to the amount of energy consumed to heat and ...

Two years ago we covered the launch of the Aquanta on Kickstarter; it's a water heater controller that learns your habits, and adjusts your water heater’s energy use accordingly. But saving energy isn ...

[Peter Sobey] had a solar hot water heater installed in his home, which worked great until he relocated his kitchen to a neighboring room. Now a good bit further from the tank, the hot water reaching ...

Three years ago most people barely even thought about their air conditioning, until it didn’t work. Then along came NEST, the smart thermostat that opened up a whole new world of home control, and ...

Going on vacation for Memorial Day? Unless your water heater is tankless, it’s going to waste energy making hot H2O for showers you aren’t going to take. If it was smart, though, you could just whip ...

French startup Ecojoko is expanding its home energy management offering with a dedicated contactor to control electric water heaters. “The first tests with real users took place this summer, and we ...

Affordable Water Heaters, a portfolio company of Dubin Clark, has acquired Valencia, California-based Temperature Control Inc, a provider of water heater and plumbing services. No financial terms were ...

The black box mounted between two garage doors is actually a water heater controller. The entire assembly is a conglomeration of hacks which [Simon] added to his garage over the last four years. We’ll ...

The hot water took too long to come out of the tap. That is what I was trying to solve. I did not intend to discover that, for a while there, water heaters like mine may have been open to anybody.

Editor’s note: Aquanta is now taking pre-orders on its smart water-heater controller. You can get the details in this news story: Aquanta and its smart water-heater controller are back with new ...