I have a pretty simple smart thermostat without many fancy features. Every Spring and Fall I tell myself I should set up some kind of system where if the outdoor weather is good enough, maybe I dial back the heating / cooling, maybe send myself a text to open windows, etc.

Small example: I normally keep my house at 72 in the summer, but if it's up to 76 or so outside, it'd be nice if the thermostat turned off the cooling. I could manually turn it back on if I have guests over, etc.

I'm sure some of this logic would be easy to code myself, but wanted to check out what anyone else is doing first.

Using home assistant.

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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

I have door sensors and when an external door is opened, turn off the heating. Was after we had a firepit and kids kept going in and out and leaving the doors open.

Works most of the time, except that 1 door falls off the ZigBee network as it doesn't get used as much

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