Using Programmable thermostats to turn down the heat or cooling in residential, commercial, and civic buildings
ENERGY STAR recommends turning down your thermostat by 8 degrees Fahrenheit on winter nights and 8 degrees on winter days when you’re not home. However, while this degree of energy saving / greenhouse gas reduction may not be comfortable for all, the savings are as follows:
For every degree you turn down your thermostat in winter, at night or during the day, you would save 29 dollars a year, and save 248 pounds of c02 a year. If 7000 homes did just one degree of heating savings, we could prevent 868 tons of c02 per year.
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