change your thermostat settings when you arrive (warm the house up)
Which at this time of year means that the house should be nicely up to temperature a few hours later. Just in time for me to go to bed. This idea of the heating going on and off with my movements seem to completely ignore the inherent latency in most heating systems. My heating manages to raise temperature at 2 degrees an hour during winter, sometimes less on a really cold day. At this time of year my heating needs more of a head start than 'oh look, he's putting his keys in the front door'.
Luckily I have a thermostat with optimum start that I bought over a decade ago. It's not connected to the cloud but it does know how long it takes my heating to do things so it ensures that the house at the temperature I want when I need it.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
