My house has a problem. The thermostat is in the dining room, adjacent to the new stairw...  ...m the dining room is sucked upstairs, causing the thermostat to send out more heat. Meanwhile, the master bedr...  ...e sweltering. The obvious solution is to turn the thermostat down...

Placebo buttons are buttons that actually do nothi...  ...work. Many large office buildings also have dummy thermostats to give office workers the illusion of control. S...