alt Hacker NewsDepending on the kind of heating system you have and the temperature differences you talk about it can be cheaper to heat the house to a constant temperature (because your heating can run more efficiently under lower load).
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wallst07 • today at 10:39 AM
Correct, or the people doing this for environmental reasons... it's probably not better to do this. It would be better spending money on better insulation (assuming it isn't up to date).
I once got a programmable thermostat and went through the trouble to set it up for the times we were normally at home and away, and my energy bills went up.
Now I just set a temperature that everyone can tolerate and I forget about it.