IM Home by I&M
Heating and cooling your home is more than 50% of your energy bill! This makes it the largest energy expense in most homes. IM Home and a smart thermostat can reduce your energy bills about $150 annually.
IM Home saves energy by working with a Wi-Fi smart thermostat to understand how your home uses energy, your local weather and your comfort levels. IM Home continually checks for ways to reduce your energy use.
When it finds the best time to save energy, IM Home will automatically adjust the temperature while still keeping you comfortable. But you always have control and can adjust the temperature in your home at any time.
IM Home makes a smart thermostat smarter. You can save about 10% on your energy bill, get $330 in rebates and bill credits, plus reduce your carbon footprint. To register for IM home go to ElectricIdeas.com/IMHome or call 855-607-3788.
How IM Home Saves Energy
* IM Home connects to your Wi-Fi smart thermostat to learn what temperatures keep you comfortable. It works in the background to understand how your home uses energy based on your local weather, how long your air conditioner usually runs and how quickly or slowly the temperature changes in your home.
* IM Home checks for ways to save energy every day. When it sees a way to save more, it tweaks your regular schedule by a few degrees. You probably won’t even notice.
* If the forecast for the next day calls for a hot and/or humid day, IM Home notifies you an “event” will happen the next day.
* The morning of the event, IM Home “pre-cools” your home by a few degrees and monitors temperature of your home during the event. If the temperature in your home goes up too much, your air conditioner will run.
For example, your temperature is normally set at 74°. Your home is pre-cooled in the morning by a few degrees. During the event the temperature of your home rises to above your set comfort zone – your air conditioner runs. If you home’s temperature doesn’t go above your set comfort zone, the air conditioner stays off and you save even more.
* You can opt out of the event by setting your thermostat to the desired temperature. However, you will not get the bill credit or energy savings.
* An event will not last longer than 6 hours and will only occur Monday – Friday. There are a maximum of 15 events between May and September.
* Each time you participate in a peak reduction event, you get a $1.95 bill credit, up to $29.25 per year.
Ecobee or Honeywell Thermostat Owners
If you already own an Ecobee or Honeywell TCC smart thermostat you can get a $25 rebate plus year-round energy savings. Simply download IM Home and register for IM Home
Eligibility
To be eligible for IM Home rebates, you must meet the following criteria.
1. Be an I&M residential customer.
2. Enrolled in IM Home for at least one year.
3. Have Wi-Fi which works at least 90% of time.
4. Have an Apple or Android smart phone.
5. Have the required HVAC equipment.
Single family: Single stage air conditioner or heat pump
Multi-family: Single stage air conditioner or heat pump dedicated to the unit
6. Have an Ecobee thermostat account created at ecobee.com or a Honeywell thermostat account at MyTotalConnectComfort.com.
7. Have the IM Home app. Download from the App Store or GooglePlay.
8. Provide proof of purchase (receipt).
Category : House & Home
Reviews (9)
I did this program at the beginning mainly to get a rebate for the Ecobee thermostat & also thinking I would be saving a lot of money that was a big mistake. All this program does is help the company not have as much load to their systems during peak hours by them hoping the customers signed up for this don't change their settings. They set up all their own settings & change everything you have preset on your thermostat. It definitely doesn't save you $150 a year either. App never works either.
Can not connect after power outage
This does not optimize for you, it is done so the energy provider saves money. This statement, "Customize your home’s energy use to stay comfortable and save money," is not true. They will adjust my temperature in the middle of the night and I wake up sweating. When I called to complain they say they don't tell anyone that it's for comfort but it's too optimize savings. What a joke.
Worst app ever! Wish I had never heard of this, house is never comfortable because the invasive app constantly takes over the thermostat and sets it to uncomfortable temperatures and now I can't figure out how to stop it. Would never have agreed to this if I had known how terrible of an experience it would be.
Not a smart control at all. Raised all my ac setpoints 2 degrees making my home uncomfortable. I had to constantly readjust settings. I revoked their access to my ecobee. Not worth the trouble.
This app makes my house uncomfortable I ether hot or cold. I don't think it is worth it...
Keeps overriding our settings and even after calling we can't disconnect it! Not sure whether to go from here but we can't sleep at night because it's too warm. I've opted out of the energy savings settings at least 5 times in the past 5 hours!
NEVER SIGN UP, for some reason, this app has decided to provide no way to remove it's control of your house once it's added. Stay far far away.
The app won't load anymore and never really worked well for me anyhow. I do not get why they have dramatically changed the settings I had on my thermostat. It doesn't seem efficient to let my house cool (or warm itself) to some of their recommendations when in the end my furnace or air has to run twice as long to heat or cool the house when I get home.