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Heh ... I'll have to dig up an article I read recently about thermostat wars at work. Women are more productive when it's warmer, men when it's colder. So ... how do you find the right compromise?

 

That said, yes, when you are out, keep it at whatever is energy saving (warmer in the summer, cooler in the winter), comfortable when you are awake and home, but I've always had it cooler when I'm sleeping. That said, unless it's really humid out, I don't close the windows and turn on the AC until it's above 80.

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Well it says right in the tweet that those settings are recommended for energy efficiency... not for comfort.

True... I will not lose any sleep over not being energy efficient. I can sleep comfortably up to 75 degrees. Every degree after that is notably uncomfortable.

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True... I will not lose any sleep over not being energy efficient. I can sleep comfortably up to 75 degrees. Every degree after that is notably uncomfortable.

I agree. I usually set it even cooler than that at night. Unless it's not humid.

 

But that really has nothing to do with the study cited.

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My wife and I are quite the extremes, with me preferring much cooler in general and her preferring much warmer, so needless to say she's happy in the summer and I'm happy in the winter...

 

In winter - 68 when people are home and drop it down to 64 at night.

In summer 73. Tried going warming at night, but I'd wake up at 3 AM drenched in sweat and unable to fall back asleep. 

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Here is a slightly related question. What is the stance on “the air conditioner is on, please roll up your windows?” This has always been thing, but why can’t we do both, if we want to?

Well, heh, I drive a convertible. There are times when I’ve turned on the AC or heat when the top is down.

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My wife and I are quite the extremes, with me preferring much cooler in general and her preferring much warmer, so needless to say she's happy in the summer and I'm happy in the winter...

 

In winter - 68 when people are home and drop it down to 64 at night.

In summer 73. Tried going warming at night, but I'd wake up at 3 AM drenched in sweat and unable to fall back asleep.

I'm like that in the winter but during the summer I will take it down to 70 at night and most of the time it automatically shuts off. I'll put it up to 75 during the day (keeping the blinds closed).

 

I have not been home since July 18th so I'm wondering what it's going to be like when I finally get home Sunday afternoon

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My wife and I are quite the extremes, with me preferring much cooler in general and her preferring much warmer, so needless to say she's happy in the summer and I'm happy in the winter...

 

In winter - 68 when people are home and drop it down to 64 at night.

In summer 73. Tried going warming at night, but I'd wake up at 3 AM drenched in sweat and unable to fall back asleep. 

Those were my settings before a baby came along, at which point I bumped winter to 70 (and 64 while sleeping, it used to be 58). I hope to start pushing those back down now that she's turning two years old and can figure out how a frickin' blanket works.

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Here's my dilemma: when someone says "turn up the air conditioning," are they too warm, or too chilly? Turn it up to 78 degrees, say, or crank it to 72 so it comes on?

If you were my dad he would turn it up to 78 for sure... #DadMove

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Yikes, that's a bit cold for even my blood. I'm fine with that temp in the winter but in the summer, I want less cold forced air being pushed through the room.

To be fair, my 17 year old AC can rarely achieve it during the middle of the day, but it tries. 

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It's well known that when people have fevers, they sleep poorly and have bad dreams.

 

Sleep in a hot room and guess what will happen?

 

If you have a lot of bad dreams, your bed or bedroom is too warm! Bad dreams are your mind's way of waking you up quickly.

 

It's not difficult to imagine that having bad dreams night after night is probably not good for your mental health. This isn't just bad advice, it's potentially dangerous advice.

 

 

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