Grant: Engage Grants Program

The project focuses on developing a better thermal management solution for the next generation smart*thermostat. These thermostats offer the opportunity for significant energy cost savings through advanced*control of electric home heating elements. One deterrent for successful market adoption is the footprint that*current smart thermostats require. Most consumers are not fond of the larger packaging required over current*analog devices. Coupled with additional components, smart thermostats which can be controlled via the*internet or smartphones, are generally larger due the heat sink requirements within their packaging. Consumers*desire sleek streamlined packaging, and thus to make packaging smaller, significant effort is required to*streamline the cooling requirements to meet the cooling challenge and the required safe operation of these*smart thermostats.