Regarding the original question:
In the past... everything was different.
People kept the bedrooms cool because they did not spend time there. Shortly before going to bed, they heated the room to then cool it down overnight with an open window.
Back then, in the past, we wasted more energy.
Houses without basements had underfloor heating or a return flow for cold feet on the ground floor; on the upper floor, it was not needed.
Houses nowadays are so well sealed that a room does not cool down quickly. With underfloor heating, you bring comfortable warmth into the house and have no ugly radiators on the walls.