This measure is for connected thermostats that are ENERGY STAR qualified and either include on-board motion sensors or are packaged with a motion sensor. Geo-fencing is not considered motion sensing. The measure applies to electrically and gas heated homes and has applications for Single Family/Manufactured Homes and Multifamily homes broken out more granularly by heating zone, heating system type, and program delivery.
Gas Furnace and Electric Furnace applications remain as Planning applications due to:
1. An insufficient number of regional evaluations that align with the RTF measure specification, completed RTF delivery verification, and followed best practices to address bias in the savings sample that meet the objectives in the RTF research strategy.
2. Our inability to tie savings to anything other than the control logic and/or an occupancy sensor which create setbacks where the setbacks can vary between manufacturers and even within a specific manufacturer over time. This is a "black box" savings mechanism and therefore requires periodic checks of pre-existing and new manufacturer's thermostats to determine if a setback savings mechanism, which has longevity with the homeowner, exists.
