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> Although I had set the thermostat to 70 degrees overnight, my wife and I were woken by a crying baby at 4 a.m. The thermometer in his room read 64 degrees, an
by legulere 11y ago
> Although I had set the thermostat to 70 degrees overnight, my wife and I were woken by a crying baby at 4 a.m. The thermometer in his room read 64 degrees, and the Nest was off.
This seems quite strange to me. Here in Germany it's extremely common to (automatically) turn of heating all together in the night (called Nachtabsenkung). One reason is to save energy, but lower temperatures also help sleep:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04real.html http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/04/health/04real.html
The article says between 60°F (15.5°C) to 68°F (20°) is best.
- pqs 11y agoSleeping with heating on seems a waste of energy to me. At least in Spain. I have a dumb thermostat. It doesn't even have a clock. It just has two buttons, one two increase temperature, the other to decrease it. In winter, during the day, I put it at 20C. At night, I put it at 15C or lower (which stops heating, as the house temperature decreases to about 17 or 18 degrees during the night, without heating). It works like a charm. We are not cold at night as we use pyjamas and duvet. We also have a baby. In fact, if I forget to turn off the heating at night, I can't sleep well and I often get up to turn it off.
- venomsnake 11y agoI sleep with all windows open even in -20 C. You get really refreshed, you sleep much deeper and you learn to ignore all street noise.
- Viper007Bond 11y agoMost people turn down their heat at night but not off. 65-68F is common with 70-72F during the day. Energy costs also tend to be a LOT lower in the States.
- AlisdairO 11y agoHouse insulation is on average not as good, also.
- Joeri 11y agoThe advice given to daycare centers in my country for sleeping rooms for babies to reduce the risk of SIDS is to keep them at 18°C, which is 64°F.
- k-mcgrady 11y agoI turn it off at night too. It bugs me any time I live with people who want it on as it seems like such a waste of money when you can just use more blankets and everyone can be a comfortable temperature for sleeping (I can't sleep when it's warm). I would normally have it turn on automatically again about 30 mins before I have to get up in the morning.
- hijinks 11y agowe keep ours at 70 just due to small kids that don't have big blankets or understand you have to be under layers at night
- pqs 11y agoMy 3 year old kid uses a thick winter pyjama. It solves the problem very well. http://blog.sealy.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/baby-winter-pyjamas1.jpg http://blog.sealy.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/baby-wint...
- joezydeco 11y agoSleeping in cold bedrooms may also help metabolism. http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/lets-cool-it-in-the-bedroom/?_r=0 http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/07/17/lets-cool-it-in-the...
- toomanybeersies 11y agoNever understood how people sleep in warm rooms. 15 C is ideal for me, hell, I usually leave my window open at night to keep the room nice and cool. I guess it doesn't get too cold where I am (high of 9 C, low of -1 usually in winter), but my place doesn't have any insulation at all, or double glazed windows, and I use the heater for only 30 minutes a day usually in winter, because I just put on more clothes.