In the interests of preventing climate change, it would be great if people could reduce the time during which they heated their house to the time when they are at home. But it takes time to heat up, so people have it on a timer, usually so its warm for the earliest time they arrive home. Money and carbon could be changed it they only put it on before leaving for home, so on the days they were out in the evening it wasn't turned on until later!
2007-02-23 01:52:39 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Home heating is one of the leading producers of carbon emissions. But cutting a half hour off the time the house is heated is a small portion of your energy consumption, and as another answerer pointed out you could get a timer on your thermostat installed for about $100.
If you really want to save energy, add insulation to your house. his will save energy all the time, winter and summer, and will cut a lot from your bills and carbon emissions.
Also you can swap out your light bulbs for compact fluorescent bulbs which save on your energy consumption.
lastly, your windows ca be switched for more energy efficient ones; a lot of heat goes right out the window!
You can get window quilts made to trap the heat at night, too.
So, no, I would not buy a remote control to the heater in the house.
2007-02-23 04:23:35 · answer #1 · answered by n0witrytobeamused 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
These systems do exist. They are extremely expensive though and usually include all systems on your house, heating, cooling, lighting, etc. They are refered to as "smart house" systems. Only the rich and famous can usually afford them though.
Like Chloe. They do make programmable thermostats, but that does not sound like exactly what you are looking for.
If you are really looking at conserving energy, it is well worth the time and money to upgrade your home to geo-thermal.
2007-02-23 01:57:29 · answer #2 · answered by Shmesh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you're very, very no longer likely to go through a freeze-up on your domicile. We consistently turn the water off and the gasoline besides. i've got been widely used to depart a fan heater sat in the direction of the floor at a low thermostat putting, "in simple terms in case", in incredibly intense (for the united kingdom) climate. The electricity keeps to be directly to power multiple lights fixtures cycling on and rancid for secure practices purposes besides.
2016-10-16 07:51:55 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think you could make it so you could log in to your house through the internet, and control it that way, the only concern being, what if someone hacked into your house...
2007-02-23 02:00:27 · answer #4 · answered by Andi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A programmable thermastat takes care of this without having a remote.
2007-02-23 01:55:39 · answer #5 · answered by Chloe 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋