"Mikepier" wrote in message
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I posted a few days ago about setting temps in an apt building. This
is in NYC, and the gudelines are as follows:

6AM-10PM 68 degrees ( if outside temp is below 55)
10PM-6AM 55 degrees (if outside temp is below 40)

Now I'm just wondering, if you set your T-stat to 55 at night, doesn't
the heating system have to work longer to get the temp back up to 68
in the morning?

I would think if you drop it to like 64 or 65 at night, it would not
take much to get it back up to 68 again.
And plus 55 at night seems low, but thats the rules they post on the
website.

I'm guessing the guidelines are some sort of minimum by law. 55 is too low
for most people, especially elderly.

The more you set it back, yes, the longer it takes to get up to temperature.
It may take an uncomfortably long time to reach temperature again and that
does not make for good relations with the tenants. I'd go with a minimum of
about 62. What I found works well in my house is 62 at night, 70 first
thing in the AM, then drop back to 68 for the rest of the day. That gives
you time to wake up, have breakfast, start moving before the temperature
drops a bit. Sometimes in the evening I'll bump it a degree if we are just
sitting and reading or TV watching.

What works will depend on your tenants too. If they are elderly, they will
want warmer, working people won't care during the day as they are not home.
If they are all from Europe, they will think 65 is extravagant.