On hot summer nights, room cooling becomes something everyone seeks.
Air conditioners play this role easily, but what if you don't have a powerful AC?
Because of high electricity bills, and perhaps when there is a power outage or a malfunction of your cooling devices, then you will have an urgent desire to search for alternatives to cooling the home without the need for an air conditioner.
Here is a collection of tips and tricks to cool off the heat of the summer months.
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Close the
windows .. The
curtain came down
During the hot summer months, the simplest thing you can do to keep a room cool without air conditioning is to make sure the windows are closed.
If the air outside is warmer than inside, keeping the windows closed will help your indoor home stay cooler.
Since about 76% of sunlight entering your home through windows turns into heat, it's a good idea to loosen the blinds, and some people even choose blackout blinds to keep the windows covered to completely block out the sun.
76% of sunlight entering your home through windows turns into heat (Al Jazeera)
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Close the doors
If you spend most of your time in one room, consider closing the doors to rooms you don't use often, such as bedrooms or bathrooms.
Shutting off parts of the home keeps cold air focused in one area, and can help the room you use faster to keep cool.
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Do not use the oven
Because nothing warms the house more than a burning oven at 200 degrees Celsius, so use kitchen appliances to reduce the temperature of the house.
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Avoid incandescent lighting
Kitchen appliances aren't the only ones that bring in unnecessary heat during the summer, and incandescent light bulbs are a major cause of heat.
Incandescent lights produce the most heat by wasting 90% of the energy they use, so replacing them with compact fluorescent or LED lights can make all the difference in keeping your home cool.
In addition, it will also help reduce the electricity bill.
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Use fans correctly
If you live in a house without an air conditioner, fans are the right alternative, but remember that fans move the air, not cool it, so direct them towards the hottest part of your house, as this helps draw cold air from one side of the house and push the hotter air outside.
It's important to place a fan at a low angle to the floor, where less dense air is cooler, so that it can push cooler air around the room.
For a ceiling fan, the fan blades must rotate counterclockwise (as you look up) to push the air straight down.
Ceiling fan blades should rotate counterclockwise (Pixabe)
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pot snow
To make a makeshift air conditioner, try placing a large bowl of ice at an angle in front of a fan.
This easy trick distributes the cool air rising from the snow throughout the room.
And some have another trick, such as placing light wet cloths over the fan, which will give you a fresh air wave for a temporary period, you can repeat the experiment about every hour.
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Open the
windows at night
If you live in a place where the temperature drops at night, open the windows before bed so that cool air can get in throughout the night inside your home, which will stay for a while even during the hot hours of the day.
If you live in a place where the temperature drops at night, open the windows before bed (communication sites)
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Installation of a
refrigerating curtains
Spray your mattress with cold water, and by covering the window opening, a stream of air will hit the mattress and pass through the cool, damp cloth, helping to lower the temperature in your home.
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Install awnings on windows
Installing a canopy over your windows will protect your home from the sun's rays, and this will ensure that the amount of heat your home absorbs is reduced.
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vineyard cultivation
Viticulture works similarly to installing a canopy.
Vines like ivy grow quickly and provide cool shade by reducing the temperature by preventing sunlight from being absorbed by the outer walls.