For聽plenty of聽hours a day you’re聽gone at聽work, or聽perhaps聽at school. Yet your聽heating or air conditioning聽keeps going and going,聽despite the house being empty. This聽uses up聽a聽lot聽of energy and聽feels like wasting聽money. You can聽considerably聽lower聽this cost by聽changing聽the thermostat up or down聽as聽you聽leave for聽work and聽employ聽it back to your聽preferred聽temperature when you聽return聽home. But how much聽should you adjust the temperature?
Here’s what the聽聽suggests聽about thermostat聽adjustments:
You can save聽around聽10% a year on聽heating and cooling聽by聽simply聽setting聽your thermostat down 7°-10°F for eight hours a day聽compared to聽its聽usual聽setting. The percentage of savings from setback is聽better聽for buildings in聽milder聽climates than for those in more聽dynamic聽climates.
The聽tinier聽the聽difference聽between the聽outdoor and indoor聽temperatures, the聽lower聽your聽complete聽cooling bill聽should be. You can聽easily聽save energy聽during聽the winter by聽setting聽the thermostat to聽around聽68°F while you’re awake and聽turning聽it聽lower聽while you’re聽in bed聽or away from home.聽In the聽summer, you can聽use聽the same聽strategy聽with central air conditioning by聽having聽your house warmer than normal when you are聽at work聽and聽setting聽the thermostat to a setting as聽warm聽as聽is comfortable for you聽when聽you are at home聽and want cooling and to聽ensure聽humidity control if聽needed.
You聽could聽have been聽told聽that聽making these聽adjustments聽are not聽worth聽it聽because your聽comfort system聽has to work聽extra hard聽to聽return聽to your聽favored聽temperature,聽reversing聽your savings, but the energy department聽dismisses that claim,聽especially聽for聽a furnace: “A common misconception associated with thermostats is that a furnace works harder than normal to warm the space back to a comfortable temperature after the thermostat has been set back, resulting in little or no savings. In fact, as soon as your house drops below its normal temperature, it will lose energy to the surrounding environment more slowly.”
Programmable and Smart Thermostats
Despite聽the benefits of聽changing聽your thermostat聽every聽time you聽head to聽work, it’s聽not hard聽to聽forget聽in the rush of getting ready and on your way. This is one聽advantage聽of programmable and smart thermostats. You can聽adjust聽your thermostat to automatically聽move聽to聽another聽temperature聽through聽your聽regular聽work hours. And with a smart thermostat, you can聽increase or decrease聽the temperature (or the programming schedule)聽change. This is聽very聽helpful if you’ve聽neglected聽to聽fix聽the setting before聽leaving for a trip.
Always Remember聽the Pets
If you聽have pets at home,聽think about聽their comfort聽too. Cats and dogs with聽heavy聽fur won’t be聽comfortable聽with high temperatures. And pets with聽less dense聽fur聽may not聽be聽pleased聽with cold temperatures. The same聽goes for聽tropical birds, fish and reptiles.聽Considering聽temperature聽tolerances聽differ聽universally聽by breed and species,聽so review them聽for your pets.
More聽Perks聽of聽Changing聽Your Thermostat for When You’re Away
- Carbon emissions – The聽more often聽you聽run聽your聽HVAC system, the more carbon emissions you聽produce.聽Saving聽energy聽reduces聽air pollution and greenhouse gasses.
- HVAC Longevity –聽Demanding too much from聽your聽HVAC system聽can聽diminish聽its聽longevity聽and cause聽more聽maintenance to be聽necessary. It also means the聽air filter聽may聽clog up聽sooner, making your聽indoor air supply worse.
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