Programmable thermostats are great! You can save even more energy by setting them lower - ours is 66ºF in the morning and the evening and 54ºF overnight. We splurge on the weekends and turn it up to 68ºF - though cooking our Sunday family dinner usually gets it above 70º.
We use steam humidifiers overnight to keep the air moist without chilling the air too much. Boiling water in these dead simple humidifiers also avoids putting all the minerals and chlorine into the air as dust. The carbon rods in the humidifiers need descaling at least once a year, but that is easier enough.
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