Smart vents for dumb tenants....

[Genny Li]

I've got a condo with a very poorly balanced HVAC, and it was built this way.  I posted a really involved post about my plans to remediate the problem, but I had a bright idea last night that may work.  Because this is a student rental and so is going to utilities included, I was already planning to get a smart thermostat and smart locks.  None have all the features I want, so I was already tied to getting Home Assistant on Raspberry Pi to go along with it, so I can script whatever I need.  I'm now thinking about trialing a smart vent (register) for the super over conditioned room.  If I like it in general, I can incorporate smart vents into geofencing rules for away/home status.  If anyone's home, the great room would be set to home status, but each bedroom would be set to home only when that individual tenant is at home.  (The four suites all have independent locks, as is the norm for student rentals.)

Anyone used smart vents in a rental?  I have plenty of experience scripting, and if I get stuck, hubster works in comp sci.