A persistent home heating myth holds that shutting a room to conserve energy while heating or cooling a whole home is a good idea, because you are heating less volume. It is not true in most cases, and there are better ways to save energy and money.
You’re Closing Rooms to Conserve Energy? You Could Be Opening Yourself to Trouble
It makes intuitive sense that if you close off rooms during the winter, you will be heating a smaller amount of your home and therefore saving money. Unfortunately, listening to your intuition here could be setting you up for some unexpected results. As it turns out, closing rooms to conserve energy may actually increase the energy used by your HVAC …