It removes all additional entries for door/window sensors of the original script. These are not necessary because you can use a group instead. This makes cleaner set-up possible.
Why?
I use smart radiator thermostats from tado. But they do not support hardware-based window sensors. If you open a window, the thermostat does not turn off the radiator as I expect it. Tado offers a subscription to handle this, but it costs money and is only software-based. Therefore expensive and unreliable. I want a reliable (hardware) solution without an extra subscription.
This blueprint solves the issue by combining the thermostats with window sensors in your Home Assistant instance. You can use for example Aqara Door & Window sensors for this automation.
Additionally, this blueprint can turn off the thermostat if the temperature outside is over a defined threshold. This is useful for the summer months to disable heating completely.
Requirements
A thermostat that should be turned off when a window is open (e.g. tado radiator thermostat)
A window sensor (e.g. Aqara Door & Window sensor)
A weather entity (e.g. AccuWeather)
How to set up
If you have multiple window sensors for the same thermostat, combine them with a group.
Import the blueprint
Select the thermostat, weather, and sensor entities
I had some problems with the LUMI/Aqara thermostats as their state alters between “off” and “heat” (not “auto”). So I made a fork that accepts a string for the “on” and “off” state and passes that to the HVAC action instead.
See it here:
You are more than welcome to merge this fork, should you want to.
@Captain_Slow you have a small typo, line 60 in the description. Add the description in quotes otherwise the semicolon will break the whole yaml. Also even in the original it is not clear to which temperature the thermostat starts to heat.
First of all, I would like to thank you for the great Smart Thermostat Blueprint! I have been using it successfully for a long time with my Tado V3+ and the Aqara MCCGQ11LM window sensors. The setup worked flawlessly and I was able to implement effective heating control. Many thanks to the community for this great work!
I have now expanded my system a little:
I am still using the Aqara sensors, but have switched to the new Tado X thermostats. In addition, I have created a binary sensor group that combines two window sensors (bedroom-window-left and bedroom-window-right).
The problem:
When I close the window, the heating stays off and does not come back on as expected. The group seems to work correctly, but the automation does not react as desired.
Log of the binary sensor group:
Here is an excerpt from the log of the sensor group:
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January 27, 2025
Bedroom window group switched off triggered by state of bedroom window-right opening was closed
23:46:31 - 3 minutes ago
Bedroom window group switched on triggered by state of bedroom window-right opening was opened
23:46:10 - 4 minutes ago
Bedroom window group switched off triggered by state of bedroom window-right opening was closed
23:23:26 - 27 minutes ago
Bedroom window group switched on
