Gallery: The Brilliant Air Vents You Never Knew You Needed
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This is the Keen Home Smart Vent. It can do for individual rooms what smart thermostats do for the entire house.
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Because we only occupy certain rooms in the house during certain times of day, it's not necessary for every air vent to stay open around the clock.
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Keen Home's vent makes it possible for users to open and close vents via an app—rather than manually, with a cumbersome stepladder.
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Once installed, you tell the vent—which has pressure and temperature sensors—via the app, what room it’s in (the bedroom, the home office, the den) and it goes about building a profile for that room's occupancy and temperature needs.
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The vents screw into the wall, just like standard vents found in most houses. Four AA batteries keep each vent powered up for about three years.
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Keen Home will also release a few different lattice styles, like this leafy design and an Art Deco pattern.
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