Home Assistant Blueprint For Heating

heating.yaml

blueprint:
  name: Heating Control (Basic Switch with Hysteresis & Global Heating Season)
  description: >
    Control your heating switch based on a lower and an upper temperature threshold,
    a time window, and a global heating season condition. When the heating season is off,
    the heating will be forced off across all zones.
  domain: automation
  input:
    heating:
      name: Heating Switch
      description: The switch controlling your heating.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: switch
    temp_sensor:
      name: Temperature Sensor
      description: Temperature sensor to check.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: sensor
          device_class: temperature
    heating_season:
      name: Global Heating Season
      description: >
        Global condition for heating season. Heating control will only operate if this boolean is 'on'.
      selector:
        entity:
          domain: input_boolean
    min_temp:
      name: Lower Temperature Threshold
      description: >
        If the temperature is below this value, the heating will turn on (when currently off)
        provided the time condition is met.
      default: 20
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 40
          step: 0.5
    max_temp:
      name: Upper Temperature Threshold
      description: >
        If the temperature rises above this value, the heating will turn off (when currently on).
      default: 23
      selector:
        number:
          min: 0
          max: 40
          step: 0.5
    time_after:
      name: Time After
      description: >
        The heating is allowed to operate only after this time.
      default: '07:30:00'
      selector:
        time: {}
    time_before:
      name: Time Before
      description: >
        The heating is allowed to operate only before this time.
      default: '23:59:00'
      selector:
        time: {}

trigger:
  - platform: homeassistant
    event: start
  - platform: event
    event_type: automation_reloaded
  - platform: time_pattern
    minutes: '/10'

action:
  - choose:
      # First branch: If the global heating season is off, force heating off.
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input heating_season
            state: 'off'
        sequence:
          - service: switch.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: !input heating

      # Branch to turn heating on:
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input heating_season
            state: 'on'
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input heating
            state: 'off'
          - condition: numeric_state
            entity_id: !input temp_sensor
            below: !input min_temp
          - condition: time
            after: !input time_after
            before: !input time_before
        sequence:
          - service: switch.turn_on
            target:
              entity_id: !input heating

      # Branch to turn heating off if conditions to stop heating are met:
      - conditions:
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input heating_season
            state: 'on'
          - condition: state
            entity_id: !input heating
            state: 'on'
          - condition: or
            conditions:
              - condition: numeric_state
                entity_id: !input temp_sensor
                above: !input max_temp
              - condition: not
                conditions:
                  - condition: time
                    after: !input time_after
                    before: !input time_before
        sequence:
          - service: switch.turn_off
            target:
              entity_id: !input heating

mode: single