Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:50/55 winter
76 summer

Bills about $250 a month

you need some insulation

55 in winter? Indoor coats?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:50-ish winter, 85 summer.

We had to turn up the thermostat because a few years ago we had two pipes freeze in the wall during a cold snap. Normally we would keep the thermostat at about 45, but it turns out that was just too cold for the pipes on the shady side of the house.

We’ve also had some mold issues during the summer from keeping it too high and the air is very humid. But there’s really nothing that can be done about it other than running the A/C more, so we just have to live with the mold.

Minimizing energy use for the sake of the earth is very important to us. We’re almost religious about it. It’s like a sacrifice we make for the planet.


I have no idea what our electric bill is. My H pays it.

Is this a joke

We are close to that. 60/63 winter. 83/80 summer. If you think that climate change is a joke, I feel sorry for you. We have indoor coats. Single cotton top sheet in summer.

Winter set at 66 during the day. 62 at night or when we aren’t home during the workday. Our current bill (gas) which is set to be paid $118.

Daytime 70-74
Night 65-67

Doesn’t matter time of year. We have warm winters so the heat barely kicks on to keep it at 70.

With the storm coming, we are cranking the heat up to 72 F.

Anonymous wrote:During the winter we turn it down to low 50s at night and sleep with bedroom window open a bit. Feels like a better sleep quality. We do use a nice wool blanket on top of the regular comforter.

I'd love to do that but am concerned about pipes bursting. Ever since I read that you shouldn't let your house get colder than 55 degrees, we've been keeping it at 57 degrees at night during winter. Daytime is anywhere from 58 - 64 degrees in winter, depending on what we're doing, how much we're home, etc.

Winter 72
Summer 76, if we have guests 72

During the winter we turn it down to low 50s at night and sleep with bedroom window open a bit. Feels like a better sleep quality. We do use a nice wool blanket on top of the regular comforter.

We keep it set at heat to 72 and cool to 78 year round.

78 summer day 72 summer night.

65 winter.

68 day, 66 night in winter
74 day, 70 night in summer, except when it's really hot

Our child has a medical condition that requires us to keep our home cool. Our home is rarely warmer than 68 pretty much year round. We have completely replaced and revamped our heating and cooling systems in our house and pretty much every room can be set to a different temperature. We added spray foam insulation and minisplits to each room on the second floor. We really only use them during the summer for cooling. We still aren’t using them in our bedrooms this winter and prefer a really cold room with down comforters instead at night. The last few nights we’ve been sleeping with our windows open. We have a combo of radiators and traditional a/c on the first floor. The new radiators each have a thermostat that can be adjusted separately and we can run heat and cooling at the same time on the first floor. During the summer when our au pair is cold, we can turn on the heat overall, but turn each individual radiator off except for the one in her room so that her room can be warmer than the rest of the house. We also renovated our house and added spray foam insulation on the second floor where our bedrooms are; we almost never turn on the heat up there during the winter. We don’t have a thermostat upstairs, but I would guess that it’s in the low 60s most of the time.

My husband is fully acclimated to the cold and thinks anything over 70 is unbearably hot and uncomfortable. I’m sometimes cold so I installed a gas fireplace in our living room which I will regularly use and will let it heat up to 72 if my daughter is okay. We turn it on for guests so it can be cozy for them.

Our electric bill was very high this summer when we were renovating our home and we had no insulation or cooling on our second flood. Running the a/c on the first floor cost $300/month. I expect it to be less next year. It was often $250 last year when we weren’t renovating but had subpar insulation. Our radiators are fueled by a gas combi system, and that’s about $40 during the winter. Before we replaced our radiators, our gas bill went as high as $160/month during the winter.

Anonymous wrote:Winter - 67 at night and 75 during the day if we’re home
Summer - 68 at night and 78-80 during the day

I don’t see much of a difference in the bills when we drop the temperature in the winter and it’s definitely not enough to make me be cold.

PP of this post. We just discovered the other day that our system has a humidifier/dehumidifier setting. We readjusted it and now instead of 75 during the day in the winter, we are setting it at 70 and are significantly more comfortable. It’s a new HVAC system but we’re feeling a little dumb for not knowing this.

Winter Day: 65-66
Winter Night: 64

Summer Day: 76-77
Summer Night: 71

Average electric bill: $65 month, 1450 sq feet townhouse

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:50-ish winter, 85 summer.

We had to turn up the thermostat because a few years ago we had two pipes freeze in the wall during a cold snap. Normally we would keep the thermostat at about 45, but it turns out that was just too cold for the pipes on the shady side of the house.

We’ve also had some mold issues during the summer from keeping it too high and the air is very humid. But there’s really nothing that can be done about it other than running the A/C more, so we just have to live with the mold.

Minimizing energy use for the sake of the earth is very important to us. We’re almost religious about it. It’s like a sacrifice we make for the planet.


I have no idea what our electric bill is. My H pays it.

Is this a joke

Or PP had no idea. My friend in Germany set her room temperature at 56 degree after Russia invaded Ukraine. Every time we FaceTime, she is wrapped in a big blanket. She said she was never warm in the winter unless they went to a public sauna.