“I live in a 3 bedroom house and really only use half the house so I'd like something that you can 'zone' to just keep the areas we use cool and not worry about the rest; would this product do that?”
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The Ecobee in and of itself can help you with what zone you care about for temperature but won’t help you with being able to truly ‘zone’ the house. You can set what sensor(s) you care about in the comfort setting group, from 1 to as many sensors as you have. During the sleep group, I have it only caring about the remote sensor I have in the bedroom. I actually wanted to do that same exact thing, my bedroom would freeze out during the day while the AC was trying to keep the living room temperature comfortable and then at night, we would overheat because now the living room was fine but the bedroom got hit with the sun during the evening. The Ecobee can with the extra sensors make the furnace care about the other rooms and average out the house, or at night focus on a smaller number of sensors or even a specific one like I talked about, my bedroom. I myself wanted more though and have areas that I don’t care about turn off the vents when I don’t care about them or when they reached temperature that would freeze out stop after the room temperature leveled off at the desired point. I went with the Ecobee and Keen Home smart vents https://keenhome.io because they actually tie together and work together to get ‘zone’ effects like I wanted. The smart vents can close off when the room reaches the desired level for that specific room and then open back up when needed. It doesn’t “call for heat” or “call for cool” but if you use an Ecobee sensor in that room, the Ecobee can then call for heat/cold based on average for the house or for that specific room and then the smart vents will use that same sensor to detect and close off the vent when the set level for that room is reached. It is the best way I have found to do this kind of zoning without having my whole system replaced with something more expensive. I hope that helps.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I understand your desire very well, I also was looking for a way to 'zone' my house. This would partially allow you to control what area's you care about for the temperature at that time of the day/night but in and of itself won't zone off an area (turn off vents or such) but, your desire is exactly what I wanted to do also. This product CAN help with that if you combine it with another product that would 'zone' your house. I went with https://keenhome.io because they integrate with the ecobee in the back end to allow the vents to keep your 'zone' at a specific temperature. I did have replaced nearly all of my vents with their smart vents and now I have zones that I control the temperature differently for, and even shut off the vents in non-occupied rooms during the night so that the furnace can focus just on my bedroom at night.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes. With the room sensors you can configure the system to meet your comfort needs.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.This device comes with one remote sensor and additional ones can be purchased separately. They are placed in other rooms to insure they are also being cooled or heated to the desired temperature however they cannot turn off air to those parts of the house.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.If you have an HVAC system with multiple zones, then the Ecobee would manage the multiple zones. But it requires a multi-zone HVAC system
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