By investing into a smart thermostat, I was able to update to zoned heating as well as cooling! I am able to set particular temperatures in the major rooms of the home! This allows myself and others to maintain ideal comfort in occupied rooms, while saving energy in the empty areas.
The zone control is especially helpful because my family lives in a entirely large, older home with lots of rooms.
The people I was with and I seldom use the living room, library or formal family room… However, the kitchen as well as family room tend to get overly cold during the winter. I can now target heating to these rooms separate from impacting the rest of the house. Because the bedrooms are located on the second story, they are properly boiling. In the summer, every one of us can focus some extra a/c to the bedrooms, as well as during the winter, every one of us can reduce the heating a bit; With the independent thermostats in each of the rooms, my kids are able to customize temperature settings to their personal preference, and during the day, when the bedrooms are empty, there’s no need to waste energy keeping them perfectly comfortable, however upgrading to zone control has saved a significant amount of money on yearly energy costs. It has also helped to reduce the workload of the oil furnace as well as cooling system. This should add up to less maintenance requirements, fewer maintenance needs as well as a longer maintenance life. The installation of zone control was not overly involved or expensive; Along with the cost as well as set up of the smart thermostats, the HVAC corporation simply installed a series of valves into the ductwork. These valves regulate air flow to the particular rooms.