{"id":587,"date":"2011-02-04T08:00:55","date_gmt":"2011-02-04T13:00:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.carneyphc.com\/blog\/?p=587"},"modified":"2012-11-29T08:19:39","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T13:19:39","slug":"new-thermostats","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/energy-savings\/new-thermostats\/","title":{"rendered":"New Thermostats \u2013 Are they Worth the Investment?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you are trying to save money around the house, a new thermostat   is definitely worth looking into. Sure, your old thermostat works fine.   But there are a lot of features available on newer models that can  help  you save money on your heating and cooling costs throughout the  year.<\/p>\n<p>And you do not need to wait until it is time to replace your home   comfort system to upgrade your thermostat. Most thermostats can work   with many different types of heating and cooling systems. So no matter   what type of HVAC system you have or how old it is, you should be able   to integrate some type of new thermostat into it.<\/p>\n<p>But how can a new thermostat save you money? Well, they simply offer a   lot of features that you can use to your advantage. For instance, even   the most basic programmable thermostat can let you set different   temperatures for different times of day. You can program the thermostat   to turn the heat down during the day when no one is home and then you   can have the heat switch back on just before you get home.<\/p>\n<p>That way, you can come home to a nice, warm house without having to   pay to heat it all day long when it is empty. Many newer thermostats   also are more accurate and can provide more pinpoint control of your   heating and cooling system. That means that you will not be wasting   money because your heating system gets the actual temperature in your   house up to 75\u00b0F when you only really need it to hit 72\u00b0F.<\/p>\n<p>Newer thermostats help you to save money in a variety of ways, and   that savings will more than pay for the cost of having a new thermostat   installed. That is because thermostats are actually quite cheap and  easy  to install. A relatively basic programmable thermostat should not  run  you more than $100, and even if you opt for one of the more  advanced  systems out there, you will not pay more than a few hundred  dollars.<\/p>\n<p>That is a small price to pay considering the increased comfort   possible with a state of the art thermostat and the potential for   savings every month on your heating or cooling bills. Plus, you likely   paid a considerable amount to have that state of the art HVAC system put   in. It is worth paying just a bit more so that you can get the most   possible out of it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you are trying to save money around the house, a new thermostat is definitely worth looking into. Sure, your old thermostat works fine. But there are a lot of features available on newer models that can help you save money on your heating and cooling costs&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[16,108,399,107,17,105,106],"class_list":["post-587","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-energy-savings","tag-bucks-county","tag-east-greenville","tag-energy-savings","tag-hatboro","tag-montgomery-county","tag-thermostat","tag-upper-black-eddy"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=587"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1972,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/587\/revisions\/1972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=587"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=587"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carneyallseasons.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=587"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}