Hello forum members!
As you know (or may have read) Honeywell evohome is an excellent smart zoning product. It is capable of independently time and temperature controlling up to 12 heating 'zones'. A 'zone' can be a 'room' or an area made up of 'multiple rooms'.
Those that know me personally (after buying from us or have read some of my forum replies) will know after many years of being a heating installer, I have hung up my boots and finally have an 'office job' technically selling evohome. I am very passionate about the evohome product and I want to try and help share some of my tips and tricks you can do with evohome to 'optimise' your heating schedule and make full use of your evohome controlled heating system.
The Basics...
The evohome schedule can be programmed up to 6 independent time and temperature controlled periods per day. Many existing heating programmers that evohome replaces have only 4 time periods per day (on/off in the morning and on/off at night). This can naturally lead to programming evohome with a basic schedule that you have simply been used to!
We are told 18-21 degrees Celsius is the 'comfort band' people are happy to reside within and energy saving organisations will recommend we keep our 'room thermostats' between these margins.
So why am I stating the obvious? I am starting with key facts necessary to ensure adequate programming of evohome. So if we think about the average working persons day, I will try and put an example schedule together for this.
The 'Smart Zoning' Scenario (the characters are real just not the scenario)...
Richard & Diane, have a house made up of a Kitchen, Dining Room, Lounge, Hallway/Landing, Bathroom, Bed 1 & Ensuite, Bed 2 & Bed 3 - 9 Heating Zones (Hallway & Landing are one 'zone' containing 2 radiators).
During the week, Richard & Diane have the same routine every day from Monday to Friday. Richard wakes up at 7am and goes into the en-suite, he has a shower (about 10 minutes) and goes back into the bedroom to get dressed. He goes down to the kitchen for about 7:30am closely followed by his wife (who showers the night before) and has breakfast with his wife until they leave for work at 8am. Richard returns home at 4pm and cooks dinner. Diane returns home at 5pm and normally does the washing. They eat their dinner at 6pm in the kitchen before heading into the lounge at 7pm to sit down and watch TV for the majority of evenings. At 9:30pm most nights Diane heads to the en-suite to have a shower and at 10pm they both head to bed and are normally asleep by 10:30pm.
OK, so what can we get from this description and how do we schedule for this weekday lifestyle? I will try and example below using only the 'occupied' rooms.
Bed 1 Zone - 07:00 @ 19*C | 07:30 @ 15*C | 21:30 @ 18*C | 22:30 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
En-Suite Zone - 07:10 @ 21*C | 07:30 @ 15*C | 21:30 @ 21*C | 22:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
Hallway/Landing Zone - 07:30 @ 18*C | 08:00 @ 15*C | 16:00 @ 17*C | 22:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
Kitchen Zone - 07:30 @ 18*C | 08:00 @ 15*C | 16:00 @ 17*C | 18:00 @ 18*C | 19:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
Lounge Zone - 19:00 @ 18*C | 22:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
From the description, the majority of the rooms in this house are not used during the week and these 'unoccupied' rooms have the doors closed and (as the insurance company states their home should be set no lower than 10*C at any time) they are set at 10*C during Monday to Friday.
With 'smart zoning' you are now independently temperature controlling rooms, so it is important the doors throughout the house remain shut at all times.
So looking at the schedule I have created this is based on an evohome system using 'Optimum Start' and 'Optimum Stop' allowed to come on up to 1 hour before. The reason for the 'midnight' check point is to ensure if a HR92 is adjusted after 10pm it is turned off again at midnight to stop it running evohome all night.
I tend to recommend the evohome schedule is not set at your 'desired' set temperature but at a degree or two below. It is very easy to adjust the temperature a degree higher if you are cold, but you cannot get the energy back you have wasted if you set it 'too high' in the first place and then decide to turn it down!
I was going to do a weekend schedule but I am going to leave the scheduling there for now for any feedback or questions. If you have any specific schedules you would like me to look at and help with, please post them up and I will do my best to help you with them.
I appreciate this is one scenario of a working couple, but the idea is to start with an example and then help with individual posts.
Thanks for reading,
Richard.
As you know (or may have read) Honeywell evohome is an excellent smart zoning product. It is capable of independently time and temperature controlling up to 12 heating 'zones'. A 'zone' can be a 'room' or an area made up of 'multiple rooms'.
Those that know me personally (after buying from us or have read some of my forum replies) will know after many years of being a heating installer, I have hung up my boots and finally have an 'office job' technically selling evohome. I am very passionate about the evohome product and I want to try and help share some of my tips and tricks you can do with evohome to 'optimise' your heating schedule and make full use of your evohome controlled heating system.
The Basics...
The evohome schedule can be programmed up to 6 independent time and temperature controlled periods per day. Many existing heating programmers that evohome replaces have only 4 time periods per day (on/off in the morning and on/off at night). This can naturally lead to programming evohome with a basic schedule that you have simply been used to!
We are told 18-21 degrees Celsius is the 'comfort band' people are happy to reside within and energy saving organisations will recommend we keep our 'room thermostats' between these margins.
So why am I stating the obvious? I am starting with key facts necessary to ensure adequate programming of evohome. So if we think about the average working persons day, I will try and put an example schedule together for this.
The 'Smart Zoning' Scenario (the characters are real just not the scenario)...
Richard & Diane, have a house made up of a Kitchen, Dining Room, Lounge, Hallway/Landing, Bathroom, Bed 1 & Ensuite, Bed 2 & Bed 3 - 9 Heating Zones (Hallway & Landing are one 'zone' containing 2 radiators).
During the week, Richard & Diane have the same routine every day from Monday to Friday. Richard wakes up at 7am and goes into the en-suite, he has a shower (about 10 minutes) and goes back into the bedroom to get dressed. He goes down to the kitchen for about 7:30am closely followed by his wife (who showers the night before) and has breakfast with his wife until they leave for work at 8am. Richard returns home at 4pm and cooks dinner. Diane returns home at 5pm and normally does the washing. They eat their dinner at 6pm in the kitchen before heading into the lounge at 7pm to sit down and watch TV for the majority of evenings. At 9:30pm most nights Diane heads to the en-suite to have a shower and at 10pm they both head to bed and are normally asleep by 10:30pm.
OK, so what can we get from this description and how do we schedule for this weekday lifestyle? I will try and example below using only the 'occupied' rooms.
Bed 1 Zone - 07:00 @ 19*C | 07:30 @ 15*C | 21:30 @ 18*C | 22:30 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
En-Suite Zone - 07:10 @ 21*C | 07:30 @ 15*C | 21:30 @ 21*C | 22:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
Hallway/Landing Zone - 07:30 @ 18*C | 08:00 @ 15*C | 16:00 @ 17*C | 22:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
Kitchen Zone - 07:30 @ 18*C | 08:00 @ 15*C | 16:00 @ 17*C | 18:00 @ 18*C | 19:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
Lounge Zone - 19:00 @ 18*C | 22:00 @ 15*C | 00:00 @ 15*C
From the description, the majority of the rooms in this house are not used during the week and these 'unoccupied' rooms have the doors closed and (as the insurance company states their home should be set no lower than 10*C at any time) they are set at 10*C during Monday to Friday.
With 'smart zoning' you are now independently temperature controlling rooms, so it is important the doors throughout the house remain shut at all times.
So looking at the schedule I have created this is based on an evohome system using 'Optimum Start' and 'Optimum Stop' allowed to come on up to 1 hour before. The reason for the 'midnight' check point is to ensure if a HR92 is adjusted after 10pm it is turned off again at midnight to stop it running evohome all night.
I tend to recommend the evohome schedule is not set at your 'desired' set temperature but at a degree or two below. It is very easy to adjust the temperature a degree higher if you are cold, but you cannot get the energy back you have wasted if you set it 'too high' in the first place and then decide to turn it down!
I was going to do a weekend schedule but I am going to leave the scheduling there for now for any feedback or questions. If you have any specific schedules you would like me to look at and help with, please post them up and I will do my best to help you with them.
I appreciate this is one scenario of a working couple, but the idea is to start with an example and then help with individual posts.
Thanks for reading,
Richard.
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