Abstract: A heating cable splice having two bulges interspersed between three sections of the heating cable splice having a smaller width than a width of the two bulges, wherein first, second, third, fourth, and fifth sections of the heating cable splice are adapted to receive electrical cabling therein, and wherein the heating cable splice is adapted to be positioned between upwardly extending bosses on a base membrane. A heating cabling system and method of providing a method of forming a heating cabling system is also disclosed.

Abstract: A thermostat retention strap member including a thermostat housing, a thermostat positioned in the thermostat housing and upwardly extending from an upper surface of the thermostat housing, a first electrical cable extending into a first end of the thermostat housing, a second electrical cable extending into a second end of the thermostat housing, a retention strap extending from a first side of the thermostat housing, a retention strap receptacle positioned on a second side of the thermostat housing, wherein the retention strap is adapted to extend around a water pipe such that when the retention strap is extended through the retention strap receptacle the thermostat is in engagement with the water pipe.

Abstract: A thermostat retention strap member including a thermostat housing, a thermostat positioned in the thermostat housing and upwardly extending from an upper surface of the thermostat housing, a first electrical cable extending into a first end of the thermostat housing, a second electrical cable extending into a second end of the thermostat housing, a retention strap extending from a first side of the thermostat housing, a retention strap receptacle positioned on a second side of the thermostat housing, wherein the retention strap is adapted to extend around a water pipe such that when the retention strap is extended through the retention strap receptacle the thermostat is in engagement with the water pipe

Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of an environment, including the steps of providing a thermostat and receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor indicating whether an area has been occupied for each discrete time period of a 24 hour time period, assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed, and repeating the steps for the next two 24 hour periods, and averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, to obtain an average point value, and sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a second area to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value.

Abstract: A method of controlling the temperature of an environment, including the steps of providing a thermostat and receiving a signal from an occupancy sensor indicating whether an area has been occupied for each discrete time period of a 24 hour time period, assigning a first point value to each discrete time period where occupancy has been sensed, and repeating the steps for the next two 24 hour periods, and averaging the point values for each discrete time period in the first, second, and third 24 hour periods, to obtain an average point value, and sending a first signal to a heating device adapted for heating a second area to provide a temperature-related setting for a given discrete time period when the average point value for that discrete time period is above a threshold point value.