How to use SmartThings AI energy saving features
SmartThings Energy Services integrate a range of AI features that monitor and control the energy consumption of your home appliances. With SmartThings, you can track the energy usage of your various devices, offering insights into which ones use the most power and ultimately helping you to make informed decisions about how to optimise your home energy consumption.
Before setting up any of these features, you must first follow these two steps each time:
Step 1. Tap Life at the bottom of the SmartThings app.
Step 2. Tap Energy.
This feature helps you reduce energy consumption based on your habits and preferences, without you having to manually adjust settings or constantly monitor each device. You can track which specific devices are using the most energy and when, enabling you to adjust how you use them to maximise energy efficiency.
Tap AI Energy Mode to activate it
Please note: The steps and processes seen in the screenshots may vary slightly depending on the app version, the devices you have paired and the smartphone you are using it on.
You can set energy usage targets, such as the maximum amount of energy you would like to use each month. Once this target has been reached, you will receive notifications warning you that you have exceeded the limit.
Step 1. Tap Save, then tap Monthly target.
Step 2. Enable the Monthly target toggle to On.
Step 3. Tap Monthly target and enter the monthly target usage fee.
You can track energy consumption by devices and time periods, giving you detailed insights into which devices use the most power and when. With this data, you can identify times when your energy consumption is higher than usual and adjust your habits to save on energy bills.
To check the power usage of each product, tap Monitor, then tap Device energy usage.
To see usage by time period, tap Hourly, Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
Daily.
Weekly.
Monthly.
To view carbon emissions, reductions and reduction rates by month and device, tap Carbon emissions aware.
Total carbon emissions, daily carbon emissions, and carbon calculator.
Device carbon emissions and today’s carbon intensity.
Step 1. Open Home > Tap the + symbol.
Step 2. Tap Add device.
Step 3. Tap Add.
Step 4. Select your Smart TV > Tap Start > Select location, room and Device name > Tap Done.
Once the TV has been added, you can turn it into a Hub (this applies to all devices that support the built in IoT Hub function).
To do this, tap on the device, then:
Step 1. Tap Featured.
Step 2. Tap SmartThings Hub.
Step 3. Tap Use SmartThings Hub.
Step 4. You can now see your new Hub in the Home screen.
With the Routines feature in SmartThings, you can programme certain devices in your home to switch on or off depending on whether or not you’re going to be at home. One convenient, energy-efficient feature is having several devices switch off when you leave the house.
Please note: Before following these steps, please ensure that the devices you would like to sync are paired with SmartThings.
Step 1. Open Routines and tap the + symbol.
Step 2. Tap Add what will trigger this routine (select a condition for the routine).
Step 3. Tap Member location.
Step 4. Tap When all members leave > Tap Done.
Step 5. Tap Add what this routine will do.
Step 6. Tap Control devices.
Step 7. From the list, select all the devices that you’d like to switch off.
Step 8. For each device, tap Off > Tap Done, then tap Save.
Away mode allows you to set up energy usage notifications from your home while you’re away and remotely turn off devices.
Step 1. Open Settings > Tap Location settings > Tap Geolocation > Add your location details.
Step 2. Open SmartThings, Tap Energy > Tap Away mode.
Step 3. Enable Away mode toggle to on > Set your home location > Select devices you would like to be covered.
Tap Away mode > Tap the device you’d like to turn on or off
With Today’s Energy Balance, you can check a wide range of energy data and flow charts, such as the amount of electricity produced, billed energy usage and battery state of charge:
Tap Today’s energy balance
Solar Energy Mode allows you to optimise solar energy and reduce energy usage by controlling heating and cooling systems:
Step 1. Tap Solar Energy Mode.
Step 2. Tap On to activate.
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