I’ve just added a new folder to the Shortcuts Library — my set of Ecobee shortcuts for interacting with your Ecobee smart thermostat so you can control your heating and air conditioning.
Use these to activate your comfort settings, control your fan, and reset anything you’ve changed:
- Show my Ecobee: Opens the Ecobee app directly to your specified device, where you can change the settings or control the thermostat.
- Set a fan timer: Asks you to choose from a set of times, until the next schedule activity, or until its changed, plus a fan speed, then sets it with your Ecobee.
- Change the comfort setting: Prompts you to choose from your Home, Away, or Sleep setting and sets your Ecobee to your choice until the next schedule activity.
- Resume the thermostat schedule: Sets your Ecobee back to its pre-programmed schedule after you’ve manually changed the settings. Works well to stop the fan or put things back after running a shortcut.
- Set fan for 15 minutes: Tells your Ecobee to activate the fan on low for 15 minutes. Works well for quick meals like toast or the air fryer.
- Run the fan for 30 minutes: Sets your Ecobee to the fan mode to Low for 30 minutes. Works well for cooking larger meals.
- Run the fan for 45 minutes: Tells your Ecobee to set the fan on low for 45 minutes. Works well for baking with the oven.
- Set the thermostat to Home: Tells your Ecobee to activate the Home comfort setting for your everyday temperature range.
- Set the thermostat to Away: Sets your Ecobee to your pre-programmed Away setting so your place isn’t unnecessarily air conditioned while you’re not home.
- Set the thermostat to Sleep: Sets your Ecobee comfort setting to Sleep. Works well for cooling down the house before an early bedtime.
I use these primarily while cooking so I can air out my apartment with the fan, or when on an abnormal sleep schedule and want to activate the scene early or late.
Check out the folder of Ecobee shortcuts on the Shortcuts Library.
