EcoNet

Rheem Manufacturing

About this app

Take complete control of your home’s comfort and energy efficiency. EcoNet provides seamless smart control over your HVAC and water heaters from the Rheem family of brands (Rheem, Ruud, Friedrich, Richmond, Sure Comfort, Russell by Rheem, Durastar). Experience the convenience of managing your home’s climate and hot water needs right from your smartphone.
Features:
- Smart Control: Easily adjust your heating and cooling settings to maintain the perfect indoor climate.
- Smart Monitoring: Monitor and control your water heater’s performance for optimal efficiency and comfort.
- Smart Savings: Track your energy consumption and receive tips to improve efficiency and save on utility bills.
- Utility Programs: Enroll in utility programs in your area to maximize your savings.
- Custom Schedules: Set personalized schedules for your HVAC and water heater to match your lifestyle and maximize energy savings.
- Alerts & Notifications: Get real-time alerts and notifications for maintenance reminders, system updates, and potential issues. Quickly share these alerts with your contractor when contact info added at account creation.
- Remote Access: Control your home’s systems from anywhere, ensuring comfort and peace of mind whether you’re at home or away.

Download EcoNet today and transform the way you manage your home’s comfort and efficiency!

Ratings and reviews

The idea of this app is great for the heatpump water heater I bought last summer. The schedule side of it is flakey at best though. Originally I could set the night mode to off, now it only has vacation/away as an "off" option, which would be fine, but it randomly comes on, in random modes, ignoring the scheduled settings completely no matter which of the 4 time options are set to. Has been intermittent like this for a few months now.

App is useless. Water heater will not connect to Wi-Fi even though everything is correct and connecting to dedicated 2.4 GHz WiFi network. Mesh networks definitely don't work despite being both 2.4 and 5 GHz. Every other device I own connects without issues except the Rheem water heater even when I purchased a separate, dedicated access point configured strictly to 2.4 GHz. Connection Failed is the error every time. When this is the only device that is failing then it's the device that's bad.

App won't allow you to completely shut off water heater. If settings turned to lowest setting on water heater the app is disabled. Not the way I was hoping it would work. Update December 2025. I have 2 water heaters that are supposed to be able to use this app. Not happy at all with the app. For about a year, one of the water heaters wouldn't connect. Now that one connects and it can't find my other one. The app is supposed to be able to connect to multiple devices. They don't.

What’s new

Various bug fixes and improvements to provide the best user experience possible.