We hear this question a lot. The short answer is yes and no. If used properly, it can be a significant part of your energy savings in your home. However, when it is misused it can often lead to higher expenses.

1. Z I P F - A I R , I N C .
Will a Programmable
Thermostat Save You Money?

2. Will a Programmable Thermostat Save You Money?
 We hear this question a lot. The short answer is yes
and no.
 If used properly, it can be a significant part of your
energy savings in your home.
 However, when it is misused it can often lead to
higher expenses.

3. Will a Programmable Thermostat Save You Money?
 Programmable thermostats hold tremendous
potential when it comes to saving the average
homeowner money.
 In order to assure you are actually saving money, you
need to know how to use it correctly.

4. Will a Programmable Thermostat Save You Money?
 Most homeowners don’t even realize that according
to Energy Star, 45% of a home’s energy usage comes
from your HVAC system.
 That averages out to about $2,000-$2,500 annually.
 As most homeowners know, not every room in your
home is occupied at one time.
 Often, when you are heating or cooling your entire
home, you are heating and cooling rooms that no one
will be using.

5. Will a Programmable Thermostat Save You Money?
 If you are able to reduce the temperature in your
home by 10 degrees at night, you are able to use 10%
less energy. That is a big difference!
 It can seem shocking, but you do not need to heat
your home as much when the household is asleep.
 The idea behind the programmable thermostat is
that you can reduce overall energy usage when the
household is gone during the day and at night when
everyone is sleeping.
 This continued cycle of use will regularly reduce your
energy usage by 10%.

6. Will a Programmable Thermostat Save You Money?
 We typically recommend setting your thermostat to 68
degrees Fahrenheit when you are home and anywhere
from 8-12 degrees lower when you are away (that
includes vacation!).
 You are also able to program your thermostat to change
at certain times so if your household gets up at 7am, you
can set the temperature to be raised by the time everyone
is up and moving.
 During summer months, we recommend having it set to
78 degrees Fahrenheit. Remember that you can change
the temperature based on the time of day!

7. Will a Programmable Thermostat Save You Money?
 Just remember, the closer the temperature inside
your home is to the temperature outside, the less
your system has to work.
 Making sure your home isn’t heating or cooling when
it doesn’t need to also reduces the work load on your
HVAC equipment.
 This means longer life spans and fewer conversations
about repairing or replacing parts.

8. About Zipf-Air
 Zipf-Air, Inc. was established in 1987 by John Zipf.
The company started as a one man shop and has
continued to grow through the years. His goal was
and has continued to be to “provide prompt
professional service” to all customers. Zipf-Air serves
St. Louis and the surrounding areas in Missouri.