Choosing the best heating control for you and your home

In practice, smart heating controls are designed to be straightforward to use, and understanding how they work and the options available makes it much easier to choose the right solution for your home.

Heating controls allow you to set and manage your home's temperature, maintaining comfort and supporting efficient energy use. Traditionally, this involved adjusting a wall-mounted thermostat by manually turning a dial or using buttons to reach your desired temperature. Today, modern heating controls can be managed in several ways, especially with Wi-Fi enabled units, which allow you to control your heating through an app or external remotes.

At Vaillant, we provide smart, connected controls designed to enhance your home heating management. Our systems offer precise control over temperature and scheduling, making it simpler to maintain comfort while simultaneously boosting overall efficiency.

In this guide, we explain the different types of heating controls available and outline the benefits of installing a Vaillant control with your Vaillant heating system.

If you already have a Vaillant boiler or heat pump installed, pairing it with our heating controls helps you get the best performance from your system. Designed to work seamlessly with Vaillant heating appliances, our controls help your system run efficiently and reliably.

We use eBUS, our intelligent communication system, which allows our products to work together as one. Think of it as a shared language between your heating system and your controls, allowing them to exchange information and respond more accurately to what your home needs.

eBUS enables your system to respond more intelligently to demand by continuously sharing information between your heating appliance and controls. Over time, this allows the system to recognise your heating patterns, such as when your home typically needs warming up or maintaining temperature, and adjust its operation to suit your routine.

By avoiding unnecessary heating cycles and only delivering heat when it is needed, your system can maintain consistent comfort while helping reduce wasted energy and improve overall efficiency. eBUS features are only available on Vaillant products manufactured after 2006.

As digital technology becomes part of our everyday lives, smart heating controls are now a popular choice among homeowners and are widely recommended by installers. These controls allow your heating system to connect to Wi-Fi, making it easy to adjust temperature and settings through platforms like the myVaillant app.

We offer a range of heating controls designed to work seamlessly with our boilers and heat pumps. For heat pump systems, the sensoCOMFORT control is designed to help your appliance operate at its best. The sensoCOMFORT is also weather-compensated, meaning it helps maintain a consistent indoor temperature by automatically adjusting how your heating runs in response to changing outdoor temperature and conditions.

For homeowners looking for smart heating technology with a simple, intuitive design, sensoROOM is a suitable option for our boilers. The dial allows quick, straightforward temperature adjustments. When paired with the myVAILLANT connect internet gateway, it also enables app control for setting heating schedules and managing your system remotely.

Room thermostats: A room thermostat is a mechanical or digital device that monitors the indoor air temperature, allowing you to set a temperature level you’re comfortable with. Our sensoROOM pure, which is a wired thermostat, has a contemporary look and a familiar dial to provide an easy interface to manage the heating system.

Internet gateways allow you to upgrade your heating system and make it smart home ready, regardless of what type of heating appliance you have.

The myVAILLANT connect internet gateway is compatible with Vaillant eBUS appliances (2006 and newer) gives you full control of your system and works in harmony with the myVAILLANT app.

myVAILLANT connect works with your Vaillant boiler, heat pump, and hybrid system and is paired with your Vaillant heating control. If you have the new ecoTEC plus boiler, myVAILLANT connect can be fully integrated as it fits underneath the boiler for discreet installation.

For homes with only one heating zone, myVAILLANT connect is compatible with Amazon Alexa and Apple HomeKit, providing additional control over your heating system with simple voice commands.