Can AI really save you money on your heating bill? I spent two years testing to find out
Summary
The writer tested manual heating controls and a room-by-room Tado X smart system in a 1930s house to assess whether automation could cut gas use. The supplied article text gives the manual system’s consumption and the smart system’s costs, but ends before reporting the AI system’s results.Key Facts
- The test house had solid-brick walls, an insulated loft conversion and a 10-year-old gas combi boiler.
- During winter 2024, the writer used a Hive thermostat with smart features disabled and manually adjusted radiator valves and heating times.
- The manual setup used 14,316.7 kilowatt-hours of gas over 213 days from November to May, after the writer adjusted for hot-water use.
- The writer said this consumption was about 10% to 15% below that of previous years.
- In summer 2025, the writer installed a Tado X system with 13 smart radiator thermostats, two room thermostats and a boiler programmer.
- The full Tado setup tested cost about £930; wiring the programmer into the boiler required a heating engineer and cost about £80 in labour.
- Tado’s AI features required a subscription costing £3.99 per month or £29.99 per year.
- The supplied article ends before giving the smart system’s gas consumption or the test’s final savings result.
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