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Open Window? Heating Off.

We are not air-conditioning the entire suburb.

The problem

Heating roaring while a window's wide open 'for a bit of air'.

What it does

If a window or external door is open for 2 minutes, the climate in that zone shuts off. Close it, and after a minute it goes back to what it was doing.

You'll need

Window/door contact sensors
Climate entity

The payoff

Stops heating/cooling leaking out the window — real money in winter.

The YAML

alias: "Angry Dad — Window Open, Climate Off"
description: Pauses climate while a window or door is open, restores when shut.
mode: restart
triggers:
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.living_room_window
    to: "on"
    for:
      minutes: 2
    id: opened
  - trigger: state
    entity_id: binary_sensor.living_room_window
    to: "off"
    for:
      minutes: 1
    id: closed
conditions: []
actions:
  - choose:
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: opened
        sequence:
          - action: climate.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: climate.living_room
          - action: notify.mobile_app_dads_phone
            data:
              message: "Heating off — the living room window's open. Obviously."
      - conditions:
          - condition: trigger
            id: closed
        sequence:
          - action: climate.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: climate.living_room

Drop this into an automation (or a package under config/packages/) and swap the entity IDs for your own.

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