Make sure your heat pump stands out from the crowd
The Passiv Smart Thermostat is the perfect partner for a heat pump
The Energy Saving Trust has verified that the Passiv Smart Thermostat increases the efficiency of a heat pump by 17%. It can also optimise a heat pump to consume cheap electricity from smart energy tariffs and rooftop solar generation. Taken together this can reduce your customer’s heating bills by up to 30%!
The Passiv Smart Thermostat learns how a home heats up and cools down. It uses local weather forecasts to start heating a home and hot water at exactly the right time to make keeping comfortable with a heat pump simple for your customers.
With RS485 Modbus control, the Passiv Smart Thermostat removes the need to set a weather compensation curve. Instead, it learns how a home heats up and cools down and continuously optimises the heat pump’s flow temperature to maximise its COP.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat can be installed with wired or wireless thermostats. The Passiv Programmer features a built-in, push-fit wiring centre and is also used to commission the system in under two minutes without a smartphone or internet connection.
Reduce heating bills by up to 30%
The Passiv Smart Thermostat learns how a home heats up and cools down and uses local weather forecasts and smart preheating to deliver perfect comfort for your customers. At the same time, with RS485 Modbus control, it continuously optimises a heat pump’s flow temperature to maximise its efficiency.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat can also optimise a heat pump to consume cheap electricity from time-of-use energy tariffs or rooftop solar panels without any additional monitoring equipment. Taken together this can reduce your customers' heating bills by up to 30%!
Meet the Passiv Smart Thermostat
The Passiv Smart Thermostat increases the Coefficient of Performance of a heat pump by 17%
With RS485 Modbus control, the Passiv Smart Thermostat has been independently verified by the Energy Saving Trust to increase the Coefficient of Performance (COP) of a heat pump by 17%.
For a hybrid heat pump, it can improve the COP by 25% while also increasing heat pump utilisation from 47% to 82%.
Make the most of the sun with solar optimisation
For homes with rooftop solar panels, the Passiv Smart Thermostat can also optimise a heat pump to make the most of any free solar generation.
This doesn’t require any additional metering or monitoring equipment. The Passiv Smart Thermostat forecasts the amount of electricity that solar panels will export back to the electricity grid using information about a solar installation entered in the Passiv app and a local weather forecast.
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How the Passiv Smart Thermostat works
Connect the Passiv Hub to a broadband router using the supplied ethernet cable.
Download the Passiv app from the App Store or Google Play. Create a Passiv account and follow the simple onboarding instructions to get started.
Set up heating and hot water schedules in the Passiv app. Enable ecoHeat for the best savings and enter tariff and solar details in the app settings.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat learns how a home heats up and cools down, how the heating system performs and how a home reacts to the outside temperature and weather.
It then uses local weather forecasts to calculate the optimal way to meet comfort requirements, continuously optimising the heat pump to maximise its efficiency and lower heating bills.
Sit back and enjoy perfect comfort and lower heating bills!
What heat pumps does the Passiv Smart Thermostat work with?
For full optimisation, the following brands are compatible with RS485 Modbus control:
Partner FAQs
Yes! The Passiv Smart Thermostat has been designed to be used by everyone, no matter how tech-savvy they may be. The Passiv Thermostat, Programmer and app have a simple, intuitive user interface that make them easy to understand and use.
Unlike other smart thermostats, the Passiv Smart Thermostat provides full control of heating and hot water without a smartphone or internet connection. The Passiv Programmer’s rich colour screen can be used to create, edit and delete schedules, boost your hot water or turn on Away mode.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat must be installed with a compatible heat pump. Other than that, there are no particular requirements for becoming a Partner and installing the Passiv Smart Thermostat! Get in touch with us by visiting the Contact page.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat can control a heat pump via RS485 Modbus or relay.
Control via RS485 Modbus is possible with many leading heat pump brands and delivers the best level of bill savings, including increasing the efficiency of a heat pump by 17%.
Control via relay is possible with all heat pump makes and models. With relay control, the Passiv Smart Thermostat will only control space heating and not hot water.
The chosen control method will impact how the Passiv Smart Thermostat is installed and the functionality available on the Passiv app, Thermostat and Programmer. Visit our Help Centre to find out more.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat can control a heat pump via RS485 Modbus or relay.
Control via RS485 Modbus is possible with many leading heat pump brands and delivers the best level of bill savings, including increasing the efficiency of a heat pump by 17%.
Control via relay is possible with all heat pump makes and models. With relay control, the Passiv Smart Thermostat will only control space heating and not hot water.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat can optimise a heat pump to consume cheap electricity from time-of-use energy tariffs and supports smart tariffs from the UK’s leading energy suppliers.
The Passiv Smart Thermostat has been designed to be simple to install and commission. It has several features to speed up heat pump installation including removing the need for an installer to set a weather compensation curve (with RS485 Modbus control), a built-in, push-fit wiring centre, wired or wireless thermostats and the ability to commission the system from the Passiv Programmer in under two minutes without the need for a smartphone or internet connection.
No! Unlike many other smart thermostats, every feature of the Passiv Smart Thermostat is included for free. There are no ongoing charges for using the Passiv Smart Thermostat.