Hey everyone, I wanted to share my recent experience with Home Assistant and how I’ve been using it to make my home heating more efficient. I recently set up Home Assistant on my QNAP NAS, and one of my main goals was to optimize the heating system in my house, especially in rooms that are not always occupied.
I started by installing Tapo门窗 sensors in each room to monitor whether the windows or doors are open. This was a great way to ensure that the heating doesn’t kick in if a window is left open, which can waste energy and increase costs. I grouped these sensors into helper entities for each room, which made it easier to create automations without having to list every sensor individually.
However, I wanted to take it a step further by also considering the presence of family members. For example, if my son or daughter is not at home, there’s no need to heat their rooms. This led me to explore the idea of creating a virtual sensor that combines both the门窗 status and the presence of occupants. The goal was to have this sensor return ‘open’ or ‘false’ if either the windows/doors are open or the occupant is not home, and ‘closed’ or ‘true’ only when everything is closed and the person is present.
After some research and experimentation, I managed to set this up using a combination of automation rules and sensor entities. It was a bit challenging at first, but breaking it down into smaller steps made it manageable. Now, the heating in each room only activates when the virtual sensor confirms that the room is both closed and occupied. This has significantly reduced energy waste and made our heating system more efficient.
I’d love to hear if others have implemented similar solutions or have tips for improving this setup further. It’s amazing how Home Assistant can help create such tailored and efficient home automation systems!
Cheers,
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