Would you like to lower your heating and cooling costs by 10 percent? All you need is a programmable thermostat - it automatically sets back the temperature in your home to preset levels at different times of day.
How it works
If you go to bed at 10 p.m., you can program your furnace to automatically change from 70 degrees to 65 degrees at that time.
If you wake up at 6:30 in the morning, you can program the system to increase again at 6 a.m. (great for those cold winter mornings), then go back down to 65 or even lower when you leave the house.
The system works the same way for summer cooling savings – just set it raise the temperature while you’re sleeping or away from home to cut air conditioning costs.
Convenience and energy savings
The feature you might notice first is the convenience - you'll never have to worry about forgetting to turn the thermostat down at night or when you leave the house.
It's also a great deterrent to those family members who rush to the thermostat whenever they get a chill.
The benefit you'll appreciate the most is the energy savings. If you program your thermostat to set back the temperature by 10 degrees for eight hours every night, you'll save approximately ten percent on your heating bill.
If you set it back while you're away from home, you'll see an even bigger savings. |
