Here's today's challenge:
Put on a sweater and turn down your thermostat to 65°- 68° when people are home and active and 55°- 58° at night as well as when no one is home. In warm climates, raise your air-conditioner thermostat 4° or up one setting. Home heating and air-conditioning are responsible for a large portion of our carbon footprint.
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Last year I transitioned from 68 to 65 and it was amazing upon getting used to it that 68 now (except on the coldest of nights) usually makes me feel overheated :). Fortunately it's getting a nice start to spring so i only even have my furnace on from about 8-10pm, then I turn it all the way off. Can't wait to have my bill back to $6/mo like it is in the summer :) And A/C? No such thing - it exists in the shade of the tree in front of my house and the blinds on my windows :)
ReplyDeleteWe live in South texas, so keeping it that temp would have it running all day, lol. We keep ours at 78 during the day and at 75 at night!
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I have lived in the hot tropics and freezing cold Canada. Your suggestion is really great.
ReplyDeleteIn hot Singapore, many buildings have their a/c so low that people have to wear cardigans.
In Canada, while there is snow outside, some people wear shorts.
Love this one! We keep our house at 64 degrees during the day, 65 at night (our baby is too young to have blankets in his crib...he wears a sleep sack, but it still seems like any colder than 65, and he doesn't sleep too well!)
ReplyDeleteNow if only we could get businesses/schools to do this as well. I hate when malls/supermarkets are so hot their workers are wearing short-sleeves. I mean, everyone shopping there is wearing their winter coats! I'm always too hot. And don't get me going about how often my kids come home overheated from their school. I don't know why it's so hot. I was volunteering the other day, and saw one classroom had the windows open (the teachers can't control the heat, so when it gets stifling, what else can they do?) It seems crazy!