In the ever-evolving world of home automation, striking the perfect balance between comfort and energy efficiency has been a perennial pursuit. As a firm believer in the continuous improvement of Home Assistant, I’m thrilled to share the “Eco Heating Schedule” blueprint. This isn’t just a blueprint; it’s a solution to challenges I’ve faced, and I’m excited to make it accessible to the community.
Inspired by the insights of Simon, whose blog post you can check out here, the “Eco Heating Schedule” blueprint is all about making your smart thermostat even smarter.
Key Highlights 
Intelligent Temperature Control 
Say goodbye to waking up in a chilly room or returning to a stuffy home. The Eco Heating Schedule excels in intelligently managing temperatures based on different times of the day. From cozy mornings to relaxing evenings, your home adapts seamlessly to your daily rhythm.
Home Presence Awareness 
This blueprint goes beyond conventional time-based controls. Why heat an empty room? Eco Heating Schedule considers the presence in your home, customizing temperatures based on occupancy. Enhance comfort and contribute to energy savings by avoiding unnecessary heating.
Manual Control Override 
For those moments when you crave a bit more control, the manual temperature override feature steps in. A simple switch lets you create a cozy environment outside the regular schedule. It’s your home; take charge!
Effortless Configuration 
The blueprint might seem feature-rich, but fear not! Configuring your climate entity, home presence, away temperature, and more is a breeze. The detailed selector options ensure a seamless alignment with your preferences.
Blueprint Code 
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Configuration / Functionality 
While the number of inputs might seem overwhelming initially, it’s all surprisingly straightforward once you get the hang of it. Here’s a quick breakdown:
- Climate Entity (required): The thermostat or climate entity for the room under automation. I recommend using the custom integration Better Thermostat as it offers a variety of other features, such as support for an external temperature sensor or detection of an open window using an external contact sensor.
- Home Presence (required): Input Boolean or Binary Sensor indicating if someone is at home. See Helper section for more info.
- Away Temperature (required): The temperature when nobody is at home.
- Wait time from home to away (required): Duration before setting the away temperature after Home Presence becomes false.
- Room Presence Helper (required): Respective comfort temperature is set when this Input Boolean or Binary Sensor is true. See Helper section for more info.
- Manual Temperature Control Helper (required): An input boolean defining the use of Manual Temperature for overriding other settings. See Helper section for more info.
- Manual Temperature Helper (required): Input Number entity used as temperature when Manual Temperature Control is active. See Helper section for more info.
- Start time for XY (required): Time from which temperature settings will be applied when someone is at home.
- XY Eco Temperature (required): Temperature set for the specified timeframe when someone is at home but not in the room.
- XY Comfort Temperature (required): Temperature set for the room when someone is at home and in the room.
XY repeats four times (morning, day, evening, night), totaling 12 inputs.
Helper
Three individual helpers for every room + one for home presence are needed. You can create them under Settings > Devices & Services > Helpers.
Room Presence
I use a Template Sensor for that. Usually I ask myself what devices are turned on/off when a room is occupied. That could be a light or the TV. Below is an example of the template of my office presence sensor:
{{ iif(is_state('light.office_desk_lamp, 'on'), True, False)
or iif(states('sensor.office_desk_active_power') | int > 70, True, False) }}
Manual Temperature Control
For that I use a Input Boolean Helper configured like in the screenshot below
Manual Temperature
Needs to be an Input Number Helper. Mine is configured like below.
Changelog
- 2023-11-27: Only run automation if climate entity is available and trigger automation when climate becomes available
- 2023-11-20: Initial version
Thanks for reading up until this point. I’m happy for any feedback!
PS: Yes, ChatGPT has partially been used 
