Operating a climate control system based on occupancy status

A method, comprising:

• instructing a climate control system to operate according to an occupied mode or an unoccupied mode based on a pre-defined schedule, wherein the occupied mode uses pre-defined settings associated with an occupied status and the unoccupied mode uses pre-defined settings associated with an unoccupied status;
• receiving an indication that an occupancy sensor detects a space as being occupied, the indication received when the pre-defined schedule requires the climate control system to operate in the unoccupied mode;
• in response to receiving the indication that the occupancy sensor detects the space as being occupied, instructing the climate control system to use the pre-defined settings associated with the occupied status during an override time period;
• and
• wherein the override time period corresponds to a pre-defined time period and in response to determining that the pre-defined time period has ended, instructing the climate control system to resume operation according to the pre-defined schedule associated with the unoccupied status regardless of whether the occupancy sensor detects the space as being occupied.

A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising logic that, when executed by processing circuitry, causes the processing circuitry to perform operations comprising:

• instructing a climate control system to operate according to an occupied mode or an unoccupied mode based on a pre-defined schedule, wherein the occupied mode uses pre-defined settings associated with an occupied status and the unoccupied mode uses pre-defined settings associated with an unoccupied status;
• receiving an indication that an occupancy sensor detects a space as being occupied, the indication received when the pre-defined schedule requires the climate control system to operate in the unoccupied mode;
• in response to receiving the indication that the occupancy sensor detects the space as being occupied, instructing the climate control system to use the pre-defined settings associated with the occupied status during an override time period;
• and
• wherein the override time period corresponds to a pre-defined time period and in response to determining that the pre-defined time period has ended, instructing the climate control system to resume operation according to the pre-defined schedule associated with the unoccupied status regardless of whether the occupancy sensor detects the space as being occupied.