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The
average household spends more than $2,000 a year on energy
bills — nearly half of which goes
to heating and cooling. Homeowners can save about $180 a
year by properly setting their programmable thermostats
and maintaining those settings. The pre-programmed settings
that come with ENERGY STAR qualified programmable thermostats
are intended to deliver savings without sacrificing comfort.
Depending on your family's schedule, you can see significant
savings by sticking with those settings or adjust them as
appropriate for your family. The key is to establish a program
that automatically reduces heating and cooling in your home
when you don't need as much. Use the ENERGY STAR Programmable
Thermostat Calculator to see what you can save with set-back
temperatures that work for your family. The pre-programmed
settings for an ENERGY STAR qualified programmable thermostat
are: |
|
PROGRAMMABLE
THERMOSTAT SETPOINT
TIMES & TEMPERATURES
| SETTING |
TIME |
SETPOINT
TEMP (HEAT) |
SETPOINT
TEMP (COOL) |
| WAKE |
6
AM |
<
= 70° F |
>
= 78° F |
| DAY |
8
AM |
SETBACK
AT LEAST 8° F |
SETUP
AT LEAST 7° F |
| EVENING |
6
PM |
<
= 70° F |
>
= 78° F |
| SLEEP |
10
PM |
SETBACK
AT LEAST 8° F |
SETUP
AT LEAST 4° F |
Source:
www.epa.gov |
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