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modern house heating control

Posted Oct 13, 2013 19:42 UTC (Sun) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246)
In reply to: modern house heating control by rmayr
Parent article: The Thing System

If you had computer-controlled blinds, it might make sense to control those, either to maximize incoming sunlight in the winter, or minimize it in the summer, except in occupied rooms of course. This is an extension of the lighting theme, but applied to natural lighting which also doubles as a source of heat.

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modern house heating control

Posted Oct 14, 2013 12:23 UTC (Mon) by mathstuf (subscriber, #69389) [Link] (1 responses)

There's also the question of what does "occupied" mean in a house with pets. For lighting, probably nothing changes, but cats do like to lay in sunlight (even in the middle of summer), so for cats, calling it occupied for blinds could make sense.

modern house heating control

Posted Oct 14, 2013 13:06 UTC (Mon) by jzbiciak (guest, #5246) [Link]

My cats, at least, have no problem climbing directly into the window sill, behind the blinds. ;-)

But yes, pets do throw things off a bit.