Internet / wifi thermostats

[LJKeenan]

Originally Posted by NeilBlanchard

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.

Are you using electric?

Because keeping a house one temp just one temp will save you more than you. Now granted you should be insulated well when I say this but years of insulating tell me your savings will be better if your not trying to always bring the temp up after being down for so long. Wastes energy that way. Not to mention you want to be with in a 2-4 degree range of your night time temp. so you should be going to 64 or 62 at night not 54.