Appleton Grp LLC

Andrew J Donlan

Paul E Mazur

Jacob Holfeuer

A thermostat retention strap member including a thermostat housing, a thermostat positioned in the thermostat housing and upwardly extending from an upper surface of the thermostat housing, a first electrical cable extending into a first end of the thermostat housing, a second electrical cable extending into a second end of the thermostat housing, a retention strap extending from a first side of the thermostat housing, a retention strap receptacle positioned on a second side of the thermostat housing, wherein the retention strap is adapted to extend around a water pipe such that when the retention strap is extended through the retention strap receptacle the thermostat is in engagement with the water pipe.

Thermostat retention strap member

Thermostat retention member

A method of controlling the temperature of an environment, including the steps of providing a thermostat and receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor indicating whether an area has been occupied for each discrete time period of a 24 hour time period, assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed, and repeating the steps for the next two 24 hour periods, and averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, to obtain an average point value, and sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a second area to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value.

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Guelph, Canada

Andrew J Donlan