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How much money do smart thermostats really save on winter gas bills for someone who works from home all day?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How much money do smart thermostats really save on winter gas bills for someone who works from home all day?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
U.S. Department of Energy thermostat setback 7 to 10 percent heating bill 8 hours smart thermostat savings studyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
smart thermostat energy savings homes heating natural gas field study work from home occupancy savingsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDComparison

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparison50%ConsequenceReason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
U.S. Department of Energy thermostat setback 7 to 10 percent heating bill 8 hours smart thermostat savings study Google ↗
smart thermostat energy savings homes heating natural gas field study work from home occupancy savings Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
U.S. Department of Energy thermostat setback 7 to 10 percent heating bill 8 hours smart thermostat savings study
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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—Reason——1x
of 1
smart thermostat energy savings homes heating natural gas field study work from home occupancy savings
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Comparison——1x
of 1