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A new set of suggestions about how you should set your thermostat is causing aheateddebate online.
During periods of time when no one is in the house, Energy Star recommended bringing the temperature up to 85, and the program suggested keeping it at 82 degrees while you’re asleep at night.
Energy Star said that setting thermostats to these energy-efficient settings could save users a “significant” amount of money.
“The pre-programmed settings that come with programmable thermostats are intended to deliver savings without sacrificing comfort,” the program says of the settings, which went viral after a journalist shared their reporton Twitter, asking, “How cool do you keep your house?”
Social media users didn’t hold back their outrage at what many felt were excessively warm temperatures.
“You know how hot 78 degrees is?” one Twitter userquestioned. “In what world is 82° an appropriate temperature to sleep in? Lord have mercy,” a secondsaid.
“If you’re going put your thermostat at 78 degrees and above, why do you even have a/c?” another userasked. “72 degrees and below for sleep and I’ll never compromise.”
“If your AC thermostat isn’t set to 75 or lower, please don’t invite me to your house,” another commenterwrotejokingly.
The recommendations came amid a scorching summer. July was the hottest month ever recorded globally, according toNBC News. Last month, the outlet reports, global temperatures averaged 62.13 degrees — 1.71 degrees above the 20th century average.
Earlier this summer, heat wavesshattered records in Europeandaffected millions of peoplein the United States.
source: people.com
