When it’s freezing outside, we all want to come back to a cosy home or a hot bath, but if you’re home earlier than expected your heating might not have kicked in. With Hive, you don’t have to come back to a cold home – the connected thermostat lets you switch your heating on and off remotely.
At home, the Hive thermostat – which is fitted by a British Gas engineer, no matter who supplies your energy – fits seamlessly into its surroundings. With its mirrored surface and customisable frames, the Hive thermostat reflects the design of your home. It’s easy to use and you can set up to six heating and hot water schedules each day in a matter of minutes.
When you’re out and about you can control your heating remotely from your phone, tablet or laptop. So if you come home earlier than expected, you can switch on your heating on the go, or if you’re delayed, you can switch it off so you don’t waste energy heating an empty home.
Hive also has a helpful feature called Geolocation, which can send you reminders if you’re coming home and the heating’s off, or if you’re leaving home and it’s on. It won’t automatically change your heating settings for you – you are always in complete control.
For added peace of mind whenever you’re away, the Hive automatic Frost Protection feature will monitor the temperature of your home and if it dips below 7C, your heating will activate so that your pipes don’t freeze. You can also tell Hive your holiday dates; it will go into standby mode while you’re away, but make sure you come back to a warm home.
With Hive you’ll never need to heat an empty home again, so you could save up to £150 a year.
For your chance to win a Hive for your home, simply fill in your details in the form below.
Terms and conditions
1. The Hive prize draw (the “Prize Draw”) is open to residents of the UK aged 18 and over.
2. The Prize Draw is not open to employees or agencies of Guardian News & Media Limited (“GNM”), their group companies or family members or anyone else connected to the Prize Draw.
3. Entry into the Prize Draw is acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
4. To enter the Prize Draw you must enter your details as above. If you have any questions about how to enter or in connection with the Prize Draw, please email competitions.glabs@theguardian.com with “Hive draw prize draw” in the subject line.
5. Only one entry per person. Entries on behalf of another person will not be accepted and joint submissions are not allowed. You are responsible for the cost (if any) of sending your Prize Draw entry to us.
6. No responsibility is taken for entries that are lost, delayed, misdirected or incomplete or cannot be delivered or entered for any technical or other reason. Proof of delivery of the entry is not proof of receipt.
7. The Prize Draw closes at 23:59 on 04 January 2016. Entries received after that date and time will not be considered.
8. The winner/winners will be chosen from a random draw of entries.
9. The winner will receive a Hive thermostat. GNM accepts no responsibility for any costs associated with the prize and not specifically included in the prize.
10. The winner/winners will be notified by phone or email on or before 11 January 2016 and given details of how to claim their prize. If a winner does not respond to GNM within 28 days of being notified by GNM, then the winner’s prize will be forfeited and GNM shall be entitled to select another winner (and that winner will have to respond to the phone call or email from GNM within 28 days or else they will also forfeit their prize).
11. Details of the winner/winners can be obtained by sending a stamped addressed envelope to the following address: Guardian Creative, Guardian News & Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU.
12. The prize is non-exchangeable, non-transferable, and is not redeemable for cash or other prizes.
13. GNM retains the right to substitute the prize with another prize of similar value in the event the original prize offered is not available.
14. The winner/winners may be required for promotional activity.
15. No purchase necessary.
16. Nothing in these terms and conditions shall exclude the liability of GNM for death, personal injury, fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation as a result of its negligence.
17. GNM accepts no responsibility for any damage, loss, liabilities, injury or disappointment incurred or suffered by you as a result of entering the Prize Draw or accepting the prize. GNM further disclaims liability for any injury or damage to your or any other person’s computer relating to or resulting from participation in or downloading any materials in connection with the Prize Draw.
18. GNM reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or discontinue, temporarily or permanently, this Prize Draw with or without prior notice due to reasons outside its control (including, without limitation, in the case of anticipated, suspected or actual fraud). The decision of GNM in all matters under its control is final and binding and no correspondence will be entered into.
19. GNM shall not be liable for any failure to comply with its obligations where the failure is caused by something outside its reasonable control. Such circumstances shall include, but not be limited to, weather conditions, fire, flood, hurricane, strike, industrial dispute, war, hostilities, political unrest, riots, civil commotion, inevitable accidents, supervening legislation or any other circumstances amounting to force majeure.
20. The Prize Draw will be governed by English law.
21. Promoter: Guardian News & Media Limited, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU.
22. For the installation of the prize, winners must have:
- A working gas central heating system (if the customer has more than one thermostat in their home, they can have one of the thermostats replaced with Hive Active Heating™ to remotely control that particular zone)
- A boiler that’s in full working order
- An existing broadband connection and router with a spare Ethernet port connection
- A laptop, tablet or smartphone with internet access and an up-to-date web browser (Hive supports; Internet Explorer 9+ and the latest versions of Google Chrome, Firefox and Safari)
- An Apple iPhone or phone running Android to use the Hive app
- An extra power supply close to the broadband router
- An email address to set up their Hive online account
- If you are a tenant - permission from your landlord to have Hive installed. British Gas cannot install to systems with Honeywell smart fit control. You do not need to be a British Gas customer to install Hive.
