Air conditioning has joined the smart-home crowd — quietly, efficiently, and without showing off. From pre-heating your garden office to cooling your bedroom before bed, here’s how connected comfort works in real life.

If your air conditioning is more than ten years old, it’s using more power, more refrigerant, and more money than it should. New R32, inverter and Wi-Fi-connected systems can cut energy bills by up to 40 % while shrinking your carbon footprint.