Patent ID: 8239066

Claim:
An HVAC graphical interface dashboard, comprising: a weather tab, wherein invoking the weather tab advances to a weather screen; an indoor humidity tab, wherein invoking the indoor humidity tab advances to a humidity screen which displays at least a current indoor humidity; an alerts tab, wherein invoking the alerts tab advances to an alerts screen; a help tab, wherein invoking the help tab advances to a help screen that provides context sensitive help that presents at least one dialog box related to a function of a current screen; an indoor settings tab, wherein invoking the indoor settings tab advances to an indoor settings screen which includes a current indoor temperature; a programs tab, wherein invoking the programs tab advances to a programs screen which is configured to program at least one of: a) a time; b) temperature setpoints; and c) heating/cooling setpoints; a home tab, wherein invoking the home tab advances to a home screen which provides a summary of indoor conditions, said dashboard further comprising: a) a screen that employs a backlight to display information to a user; b) a backlight; and c) a motion detector, wherein the backlight is turned on by the motion detector upon a detection of motion.