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I'm not sure if this makes sense - even if you had very efficient personal heating, you'd probably still want to maintain your house at a certain temperature(fo
by IncreasePosts 2y ago
I'm not sure if this makes sense - even if you had very efficient personal heating, you'd probably still want to maintain your house at a certain temperature(for times when you're not wearing your personal heating, or for pets, or visitors, so your pipes don't burst, etc), meaning you should be investing in good insulation/air gap sealing, etc. Once you pay that cost, the cost of heating the house a few extra degrees isn't that big.
- BlueTemplar 2y agoFor a not so small minority, it's more of a if you can afford that cost (ironically, probably more of an issue in places without pipe-freeze-busting temperatures). (And they probably cannot afford redoing insulation of where they live either, assuming they even own rather than rent.) P.S.: The hot water bottle is pretty great, in particular when sick.
- _yb2s 2y agoI am not suggesting that people in extreme cold climates not heat their house at all and burst pipes, etc. but you could, for example heat your house to 65F instead of 72F and use about 25-30% less heating energy, and still keep family members that like it warmer comfortable. If you drop it to 60F that uses close to half the heating energy on average that heating to 72F. Personally, I live in a mild climate where it rarely gets below 50F or over 85F outside, and I just leave the windows open year round and let the house fluctuate between about 60F and 80F, and find it very comfortable without using anything but different clothing. It is interesting that even with all of the windows open the house averages out the evening lows very well, and stays about 10F warmer.