The best idea for that is to insulate your house. For the purpose cover the walls, floors, and heating ducks, ceiling and the attic and the basement with R19 insulation.
You also need to cover the windows with insulating shutters, drapes or clear plastic for more insulation during the night. You need to weather-strip doors and windows.
Use caulk for any holes or cracks in the window frames, door frames, pipes and ducks. Check for any gaps and fill them in around pipes, ducks and vents through the walls, ceilings and floors that are both in heated or unheated spaces.
You can conserve energy in the pool by leaving it filled with water during the winter by running the filter for only 2 hours a day.
There are also daily energy saving tips.
You have to set the thermostat to 68 degrees F or lower it during the day and 55 degrees when you leave the house for more than 4 hours or before you go to bed. Close any rooms that do not need heat and you have automatic thermostat controls.
If you are using a fireplace, then it is a good idea to turn down or switch off the heater. And the moments you are not using a fireplace close the damper.
Your furnace should be clean, lubricated and properly adjusted. Make sure to clean and replace the furnace filter regularly.
On sunny days it is recommended to use passive solar heating. Open the drapes on the south-facing windows and let the sun come in.
You will feel warm indoors by wearing layers of lightweight clothing. There are also clock thermostats that automatically change the settings.
The things that you will need for these procedures are lightweight clothes, insulating drapes, caulking guns, caulks, insulating exterior shutters, R19 insulation, clock thermostats, clear plastic window sheets.
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