If your energy use has changed from the previous month, you’ll see a few of the main reasons why in your Home Report. There are a number of factors that can influence your energy use and determine the difference between each month.
If you’ve only had your Google Nest Thermostat for one month, or if your energy use hasn’t changed much, this section may not appear in your Home Report.
Why your energy use may have changed
Weather As the weather changes, you naturally use more or less heating or cooling, even With the same schedule, a Nest thermostat might never turn the heating on in spring, |
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Schedule Changes to your schedule may cause your energy use to change compared to Note: Your schedule can change if you add or remove a setpoint, or if your Nest |
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Manual adjustments It’s considered a 'manual adjustment' whenever you change the temperature using |
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Eco Temperature If you change your thermostat to Eco Temperature, it may cause your energy use to Tip: Choosing energy efficient Eco Temperature can help you to save energy. |
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Home and Away Your thermostat can automatically switch to Eco Temperature to help save energy while nobody's at home. |
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Off If your Nest thermostat is off, it won’t heat or cool your home unless your |
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Added a Nest thermostat If you add another Nest thermostat to your home, you’ll see twice the energy |
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Calendar days Each month doesn't have the same number of days. Between January (31 days) |