What do you keep the thermostat at in the winter?

[SparkyJJO]

I'm getting my new furnace adjusted today for appropriate gas pressures so after that is done it is likely I'll set the thermostat to adjust throughout the day like I do with the AC in the summer. Up until now I've been running off heat pump only, and it takes a long time (and fair bit of energy) for it to bring the temperature up several degrees. The propane will be a lot faster and more efficient at doing that. Heat pump works well to maintain a temperature, not change it, as long as the temperature outside isn't too cold. It starts to run a lot more in the 20s and struggle in the low 20s, which probably means it is cheaper/more efficient to run propane too much below 30. I'll have to play with it a bit and see.

 

[Linux23]

My ecobee3 shows that I typically run my gas furnace 2 hours per day. Temp at 73 then 71 during sleep time. That's not as bad as before I had insulation blown up in the attic.

I love my ecobee3. Being able to turn the thermostat up from my phone and to run usage reports is something I can't live without.

 

[Zeze]

I live in a modern condo.

Small space + only 1 wall exposed to the cold + incidental heat from TV & computers = no need to run the heat at all.

That was my old apartment too, bit bigger at 800 SF.

5 sides of the unit are surrounded by thick walls. Only 1 window wall. We never turned the heat on. It was always temperate. We haven't touched the heat ONCE through 2 winters.

 

[HeXen]

My thermostat can't be too accurate because it's set below 65F and the room might be 70F or more