CASE STUDY

Venstar Thermostats, Sensors and Remote Control Help Double Crop Production

“With Venstar’s Skyport, we can remotely control the ColorTouch thermostats to maintain proper temperature and humidity to ensure the health of the crop, which doubled crop production.”

Patrick Chaffin, Chaffin Air Conditioning

CHALLENGE:

Maintain Temperatures and Humidity in Grow Rooms

  • Control humidity and temperatures in the grow rooms to ensure crop viability
  • Enable remote access and control of thermostats using a mobile app
  • Enable remote monitoring of HVAC equipment
  • Provide an affordable solution to solve energy management challenges
  • Have one brand of thermostat to control all types of HVAC systems

SOLUTION:

Venstar ColorTouch Thermostats, Remote Temperature Sensors and Skyport Mobile App

  • Remotely monitor and control thermostats with a mobile app
  • Control air conditioning units including those with steam humidifiers as well as those with dehumidifiers
  • Ability to remotely view the system and energy usage
  • Utilize remote sensors in areas without thermostats

RESULTS:

Double Production Output Time, Increased Profits

  • An affordable alternative to an expensive energy management system
  • Ensure exact temperatures and humidity for optimal growing environment
  • Remote monitoring and control of temperatures and humidity
  • Reliability to ensure the proper environmental conditions

Skyport Mobile

Skyport Mobile allows Chaffin Air to remotely monitor and control their thermostats to maintain proper temperature and humidity

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ColorTouch

Ensures exact temperatures and humidity for optimal growing environment

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SkyWeb

An affordable alternative to an expensive energy management system

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Founded in 1992, and based in Southern California, Venstar Inc. is a leading Thermostat and Energy Management System provider.With more than 10 million thermostats installed across North America, Venstar is one of the largest thermostat suppliers. Venstar designs and builds innovative comfort controls under the Venstar brand as well as providing OEM products for the most recognizable brands in HVAC. Our leading edge cloud services powered by Skyport provide homeowners, businesses, and school districts with highly secure web and mobile platforms to remotely control our family of award winning connected thermostats and sensors.

Venstar's Surveyor is a category leading Energy Management System, typically saving small-box retailers 25 to 35 percent of their energy costs. This translates to tens of millions of dollars in savings each year and dramatic reductions in CO2 emissions which is good for the planet. Surveyor currently monitors and controls the energy usage of more than 100,000 HVAC systems and Venstar lighting controllers in more than 30,000 retail locations. From your favorite coffee shop to your local auto parts store across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Venstar is there keeping the location efficient and comfortable.

Throughout its history, Venstar has been known for providing value to its customers. Ease of use, simple installation, proven cost savings, improved energy efficiency, robust quality and reliability are all hallmarks of Venstar's products.