Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kids are not going to freeze, but also your solidarity isn't helping anyone. If you are worried about efficiency (that's good!) you should insulate and weatherproof your house, and look into solar.

I run cold, and I keep the house at 68. I wear a hoodie and slippers in the house, always, and I use a space heater sometimes. I find the space heater more efficient than heating the whole house, especially since my kids often run hot. We keep blankets on the couch for people who get chilly. If I'm using the oven, I leave it open after I turn it off so that the leftover warm air vents into the house.

Just curious, where do you think the oven heat goes if you don't leave the door open?

Pp is smart not wasting heat like that. Heat from the oven will heat the air inside. Another thing you can do is if you are cooking something that doesn’t smell bad, don’t run the exhaust fan. Does the same thing

We are pretty comfortable at 69 day/66 night.

I like 65 at night but can tolerate 64. Daytime I like 65 to 68.

My husband likes to keep it on 62….!

Are you wearing pants, long socks, and multiple layers on top? Don’t expect to wear shorts and at shirt or jeans and at shirt in your house in the winter.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Your kids are not going to freeze, but also your solidarity isn't helping anyone. If you are worried about efficiency (that's good!) you should insulate and weatherproof your house, and look into solar.

I run cold, and I keep the house at 68. I wear a hoodie and slippers in the house, always, and I use a space heater sometimes. I find the space heater more efficient than heating the whole house, especially since my kids often run hot. We keep blankets on the couch for people who get chilly. If I'm using the oven, I leave it open after I turn it off so that the leftover warm air vents into the house.

Just curious, where do you think the oven heat goes if you don't leave the door open?

A blower takes it outside.

Anonymous wrote:I know the Department of Energy says the ideal thermostat temperature is 68 when you are awake, 66 when you are asleep. I tried to keep it at 69 during the day, but today I find it too cold, so upped it to 70. At night I feel even colder so upper it to 72.
Is it normal to set it between 70-72 instead of 66-68?

I do want to stay in solidarity with Europe and Ukraine who are freezing because of the war. I also care about the environment. But I have two small children in the house so I can’t really let them freeze.

Is my thermostat setting unethical?

Walk at a fast pace or do calisthenics for 10min inside 3x day. You likely won't be cold anymore. Make sure you are wearing clothing- hoodie/sweater/robe and slippers.

Ours is set to 68. 66 at night. On sunshine days we can drop to 66 all day. On cloudy days like today 68 is slightly chilly in different parts of the house.

How even is your heating and where is your thermostat? I think the temperature it reads may not be your accurate temperature across the house.

My experience: we have radiators with a furnace in the basement, which heats up the basement significantly when its running. The thermostat is wired in to the living room side of the basement staircase wall. This is literally the warmest possible spot it could be in the house. When it reads 67, the rest of the house feels MUCH colder, because the radiators heat the downstairs first and when the reading is 67, they shut off. Last year we had to set it to 69-70 just to be less miserable, and I even bought a space heater for my kids' room. We recently added mini splits in part for AC, but in part. because they're safer than the space heater and can add heat room by room. When I turn the ones in the colder rooms on to 67, they definitely work to warm the rooms up. Our main thermostat is clearly not representative of the overall temperature.

I know there's more we could be doing to improve insulation, so that's another factor, but you could start by figuring out what the actual temperature of your house is in different areas.

67 on the main floor, which makes the bedrooms go to 64. If it’s a cloudy day and very cold, I need to turn up the thermostat to keep bedrooms at 64.

I have an Amazonian parrot, so can’t go below that. She has her own bird-safe heater in her nest, but the air can’t get too cold outside in her cage.

Anonymous wrote:I know the Department of Energy says the ideal thermostat temperature is 68 when you are awake, 66 when you are asleep. I tried to keep it at 69 during the day, but today I find it too cold, so upped it to 70. At night I feel even colder so upper it to 72.
Is it normal to set it between 70-72 instead of 66-68?

I do want to stay in solidarity with Europe and Ukraine who are freezing because of the war. I also care about the environment. But I have two small children in the house so I can’t really let them freeze.

Is my thermostat setting unethical?

That is not DOE recommendation.

Anonymous wrote:Your kids are not going to freeze, but also your solidarity isn't helping anyone. If you are worried about efficiency (that's good!) you should insulate and weatherproof your house, and look into solar.

I run cold, and I keep the house at 68. I wear a hoodie and slippers in the house, always, and I use a space heater sometimes. I find the space heater more efficient than heating the whole house, especially since my kids often run hot. We keep blankets on the couch for people who get chilly. If I'm using the oven, I leave it open after I turn it off so that the leftover warm air vents into the house.

Just curious, where do you think the oven heat goes if you don't leave the door open?

Anonymous wrote:Your kids are not going to freeze, but also your solidarity isn't helping anyone. If you are worried about efficiency (that's good!) you should insulate and weatherproof your house, and look into solar.

I run cold, and I keep the house at 68. I wear a hoodie and slippers in the house, always, and I use a space heater sometimes. I find the space heater more efficient than heating the whole house, especially since my kids often run hot. We keep blankets on the couch for people who get chilly. If I'm using the oven, I leave it open after I turn it off so that the leftover warm air vents into the house.

Use the left heat from oven is a good idea!

Anonymous wrote:Get a heated mattresss pad.

According to weather.com, it's 30 degrees outside where I live (not DMV). I don't even have the heat on.

Ah! I LOVE my headed mattress pad and flannel sheets in the winter! I also LOVE my heated tile bathroom floor! Our little dog has a self-reflecting heat pad in her crate.

Temperature in our house is about 68-69 during the day and 65-66 at night.

Your kids are not going to freeze, but also your solidarity isn't helping anyone. If you are worried about efficiency (that's good!) you should insulate and weatherproof your house, and look into solar.

I run cold, and I keep the house at 68. I wear a hoodie and slippers in the house, always, and I use a space heater sometimes. I find the space heater more efficient than heating the whole house, especially since my kids often run hot. We keep blankets on the couch for people who get chilly. If I'm using the oven, I leave it open after I turn it off so that the leftover warm air vents into the house.

64 night (8pm-6am), 66 day.

If cold, put on a sweatshirt, move around, drink some tea, and wear socks/slippers.

72 during the day, 70 at night.

68 day, 65 night.

Some days I will wear a T-shirt under my dress shirt.