Asphyxian heat and almost absent ventilation, but no air conditioner at home. Suffering the heat in silence is not an option. With a few intelligent precautions, you can also lower the perceived temperature of different degrees – without spending a penny.
Not all evils come to harm, if we want to take it philosophically. In fact, you can refresh your home without consuming energy and thus protecting the planet and wallet.
As? With these tricks and tricks to try instantly.
Take advantage of air currents in your favor
If your home is well displayed on all sides then you can benefit from air currents. In summer they are better than any air conditioning, as well as free. But remember to use a stop, it’s essential!
Opens the windows at night
Even if lately the minimum temperatures are tropical to falling the sun, at night the environment generally refrigerates. Open the windows when you lie down in bed and don’t fear. Your rooms will refresh themselves and a lot. To avoid that in addition to the night air in the house, insects of various types also enter the mosquito nets
Also open wardrobes and lockers at night
It would not be said but the wardrobes and other furniture with doors accumulate a large amount of heat that then disperses throughout the house. At night, even sporadically, remember to open the doors in the bedroom, kitchen and living room
Bathe the end of the curtains
Dip the end of the curtains in a basin with cold water and leave the windows open. The air of the night will do the rest, you just have to try. If you want an even fresher effect, add a pinch of mint to the water or a few drops of essential oil to the lemongrass: natural perfume and large insects.
Create shaded areas in the house
It uses not only plants, but curtains (preferably light color), shutters and shutters so that the sun’s rays do not penetrate the hottest hours. Thermal or dark curtains help to block heat up to 70%. If you don’t want to spend, even a simple light sheet hanging outside does its part.
Try to use the oven as little as possible, an appliance that raises not only the kitchen
Replace the traditional bulbs with the LED ones
The latter do not emit heat and will not help heat the environment.
Last but not least, you might think of an investment for the installation of the thermal coat. This intervention would allow you to isolate the building both in winter and in the summer, but it needs maintenance. And … Eye also to the peaks, to whom you like to hammer the external coatings of the buildings. And if you live on the top floor, evaluate a roof insulation or a temporary reflective coverage: you can drastically reduce the temperature at home.
Use the fan, but in the right way
A ventilator lit with closed windows is of little use. But if you position it in front of a bowl with ice or a bottle of frozen water, the effect will be that of a ‘craft’ air conditioner. Bonus: at night, orient it towards the window to push the accumulated hot air out.
The extreme heat should not be underestimated: it increases the risk of dehydration, heat strokes and insomnia. Refreshing home in a natural way is not just a green choice, it is a real urban survival strategy
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