Your Thermostat Settings At Home?

[jyl]

Since getting my Nest thermostat, I've been interested in how we set our house heating/cooling.

How do you do it? Do you aim for a constant temperature all the time, or do you aim for different temps at different times of day? (And what are your climate and house/HVAC system like?)

Currently I have the thermostat set to 68F from 7 am (family gets up) to 9 am (kids leave for school), then 63F for the day (wife turns it up if she's home), 68F again from 4 pm (kids get home from school) to 7 pm (then house slowly cools until bedtime), 60F from 7 pm to 7 am (everyone is under comfy down comforters). Looks like the heat runs about 4 hours/day. Live in Pac NW, old wood frame house w/ minimal insulation, gas/forced air heat.

[BReif61]

I "set and forget" at 65deg, but I also don't have a fancy programmable thermostat. Seems to be a good balance between comfort and cost.

[Moses]

That's really good.

My nest is 68 from 7 AM to bedtime. 65 from bedtime to 7 AM. I have three Nests, and during the day they turn to 60 automatically if nobody walks past a thermostat.

[BK911]

50 during the day
60 when I am home
55 at night

I am cheap!!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

70 when I'm there, 62 when I'm not (programmed to warm up / cool down an hour ahead of my typical come / go times. I can override or adjust via an iPhone app (wifi thermostats) if I'm going to be home or away at different times - works great, now if I could only rig up similar technology for the pellet stove!

[Porsche-O-Phile]

70 when I'm there, 62 when I'm not (programmed to warm up / cool down an hour ahead of my typical come / go times. I can override or adjust via an iPhone app (wifi thermostats) if I'm going to be home or away at different times - works great, now if I could only rig up similar technology for the pellet stove!

[recycled sixtie]

Originally Posted by BK911

50 during the day
60 when I am home
55 at night

I am cheap!!

You don't have to answer this question but with that temperature I would think that you live by yourself and will continue to do so forever.....haha

[LakeCleElum]

68 if burning Douglas Fir, White Fir or lumber scraps
65 if burning Pine or Cottonwood
54 overnight after the fire goes out.

Light wood stove when I get up at 6:30, wife turns on Heat Pump for 1/2 hour when she gets up at 8:00. Wood the rest of the day.

[BK911]

Originally Posted by recycled sixtie

You don't have to answer this question but with that temperature I would think that you live by yourself and will continue to do so forever.....haha

Yup, longtime bachelor but recently married.
60F isnt bad if you are moving around, and I am always doing something.
If we are watching TV we use a blanket.
Space heater in the office/den.
At night we use an electric blanket.
Why heat the whole house when we are only in one room?
Why heat the whole room when we are in bed?

I dont use AC either unless company is over.

[5String43]

64 from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m., 69 the rest of the time.

[GH85Carrera]

My wife is cold natured so.....
(happy wife = happy life)

66 at night while sleeping.
71 just 30 minutes before we get up out of bed.
66 during the day when no one is home
71 about 30 minutes before I get home
71 all weekend except sleeping time.

The heated floors in the bathrooms are wonderful for bare feet.

We have a central HIVAC system with natural gas.

[onewhippedpuppy]

72 F, all year round. My wife is a stay at home mom with our 3 year old, so somebody is in the house all day long. We have a system for our basement and main floor and a system for our upstairs, both natural gas forced heat with A/C. We have a pellet stove in the basement set to about 70, it keeps the basement warm and helps with the upstairs as well.

[VaSteve]

62 in the winter when not in the room. (Bedrooms during the day...downstairs at night). I think 68 when the room is occupied. Bedrooms are 62 when sleeping too. I have dual zone which is nice. I HATE being cold so sometimes I will bump it up a little if really cold outside. I go over to a friends how for band practice in his basement. I take clothing off its so warm...must be rich or something. LOL

[yel911]

Adjustable thermostat, 68 degrees mornings and evenings, 65 during the day. (winter time) Summertime is set at 74.

[flipper35]

70 in the winter, 74 in the summer except the days the windows are open. It is most efficient that way with a geothermal heat pump.

[Targa Me]

My wife can't deal with the cold, so it's set to 70 deg all the time (during winter).

[Cajundaddy]

Winter heating: 62F from 10pm-3pm when sleeping or working, 68F 3pm-10pm when home.
Summer cooling: 85F daytime when not home. 78F from 3pm-9pm and open windows with fans at night.

Very low energy usage and reasonably comfortable all year.

[JavaBrewer]

In our old house (large 2 story) we heated to 70F in the morning hours, off in the afternoon, heated to 70F again till bed. Off at night. Summer, no AC so we used the whole house fan 1 hr before bed.

Current older one story small home. Single pellet stove heats the kitchen/family room as well as the adjoining living room - 70F. We turn it way way down at bedtime. AC is used for days where the temps are higher than 95F - which is probably a couple weeks worth.

[HardDrive]

70 during the day.
68 at night.
Nest automatically turns it down to 50 if no one is in the house for a 24 hours.

[KFC911]

Set at 65, and I don't touch it. Well insulated house, nat gas/forced air, total cost $400 per year.