{"id":544,"date":"2016-04-18T11:00:09","date_gmt":"2016-04-18T15:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/?p=544"},"modified":"2016-04-15T10:07:32","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T14:07:32","slug":"energy-savings-in-spring-and-summer-with-thermostat-settings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/energy-savings-in-spring-and-summer-with-thermostat-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Savings in Spring and Summer with Thermostat Settings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the weather warming, air conditioning systems are going to start up\u2026 and most of them will stay at work for months to come. Along with nice, cool indoor temperatures, this also means higher energy bills. However, you may be paying more to cool your home during warm weather than is necessary. <a href=\"\/maintenance-program\">Regular maintenance<\/a>, replacing an old system, and having the ductwork cleaned can help rein in those bills. But there\u2019s a simple step you can take right now with your AC, which is learning the best way to set the thermostat so there\u2019s little energy waste.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>A word on how thermostats work<\/h3>\n<p>A thermostat is a type of switch: it turns on and off the air conditioner\u2019s compressor as well as the fans. It\u2019s not a throttle that can ramp up or down the cooling power of the AC. This means that if you set the thermostat to the lowest possible temperature (which is usually 60\u00b0F), the air conditioner will not work any <em>faster<\/em> at providing cool air. Instead, you will make the air conditioner stay on <em>longer<\/em> until it reaches the target temperature. This means the AC will expend a great deal more energy, all to reach a temperature that you won\u2019t find comfortable at all. A house that\u2019s 60\u00b0F is <em>too<\/em> cold!<\/p>\n<h3>The ideal thermostat settings<\/h3>\n<p>The recommended setting for most households is between 72\u00b0F and 78\u00b0F during the day when there are people home. Adjust up and down in this range to find the right comfort range; most people can find themselves comfortable at these temperatures, and each degree higher you go can mean saving 2% off your energy bills. Plus, you\u2019ll take some of the work strain off the AC and help it last longer. During the evening, or times when the house is empty, set the thermostat higher by 8\u00b0. (If you don\u2019t have a programmable thermostat to make this job easier, <a href=\"\/air-conditioning\/thermostats\">we strongly suggest that you have one installed<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"\/air-conditioning\">If you need help with your air conditioning system this spring and summer in Bossier City<\/a>, just call on Hall\u2019s Heating, Air Conditioning &amp; Refrigeration\u2014The Doctor of Home Comfort!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the weather warming, air conditioning systems are going to start up\u2026 and most of them will stay at work for months to come. Along with nice, cool indoor temperatures, this also means higher energy bills. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[90,62],"class_list":["post-544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-air-conditioning-service","tag-bossier-city","tag-thermostats"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=544"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":546,"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/544\/revisions\/546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hallsair.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}