In the humidity vs thermostat question the literature you are probably looking for is ASHRAE Standard 55.(1) The short answer is that you can feel comfortable a

In the humidity vs thermostat question the literature you are probably looking for is ASHRAE Standard 55.(1) The short answer is that you can feel comfortable at lower humidity and higher temperature. I found a tool to let you play with the parameters.(2) For example the air speed from a fan causes some cooling sensation so the temperature can be higher for the same comfort. The energy use to get there would need to be modeled by measure of the change in cooling degree days vs energy consumption and that is not universal answer across all scenarios because of climate, construction, and ventilation. (1)https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/standard-55-thermal-environmental-conditions-for-human-occupancy https://www.ashrae.org/technical-resources/bookstore/standar... (2) https://comfort.cbe.berkeley.edu/ https://comfort.cbe.berkeley.edu/