Energy cost is getting very expensive nowadays. With the increasing demand of easier and faster life at the moment, there's no wonder that people are having a hard time saving themselves from the hassles of luxurious living.
Now it's summertime. How do you think can you manage a comfortable and relaxing season without having to spend much money and effort just to obtain that cool and soothing condition even during the days when the sun is high up there, glaring and roasting everything and everyone of us?
The good thing is that there are actually natural ways so that you may be able to freshen up your home despite the blazing heat of summer. Check out the following to give you an idea what helpful actions can you make this time:
You Keep the Air Flowing
Air circulation is one of the critical elements that have to be considered for the reason that it's one way of making the temperature at home lower. To do this, make use of ceiling and portable fans so that the air flows consistently, hence, making your dwelling cooler. In the morning, if the temperature climbs, you better close the house up and resort to the said air circulating devices. While in the evening, you may open your windows and breathe in the cool breeze of the night and keep it hanging around the four walls of your home.
Don't Forget to Shade Your Home
Shades help a lot to better maintain your surroundings cool enough in spite of the very hot weather. To shadow your house and make it a better place to dwell in, you may start planting shade trees, to be more specific, the deciduous ones to help you out in reducing the temperature rise inside your house. You may also spare the southern and western parts of your dwelling from landscapes or any other hard and reflective materials like stones and concretes to minimize heat radiation, thus diminishing the temperature escalation in your place.
Furthermore, reflective window films, window awnings, patio covers, and window blinds and covers can be utilized and improved to further maintain that relaxing and freshening home environment of yours this summer.
Consider Home Insulation
The ways on keeping homes insulated keep on improving at the moment. In fact, many houses now are tightly sealed to better make it sufficient from both cool and heat. To guide towards a few more guidelines, mull over the following tips:
(1) Use caulk and weather stripping products to seal the doors and windows tight.
(2) Utilize smooth and dense flooring such as stone and or ceramic tile that are reflective, hence, retain either the cold or the heat.
(3) Using heat-generated machines like lamps, televisions, and computers less on hot days can really help keep inside living spaces cooler.
Be Innovative
Fortunately, there are low-tech cooling tricks available for you to do if ever you don't have air conditioning system at home. You may install a medium-sized box fan in a small window with the fan directing the air out of it. Also, you may seal the borders of the fan with cardboard. Moreover, close all the windows at home except one beside the one with the fan then leave that other window open with just a crack to serve as an intake vent.
Without a doubt, there are a lot of ways that can be done to feel not the scorching heat pangs of summer time. All of the aforementioned methods work and rest assured, the efforts that you plan to exert for a cooler summer is all going to be worth it. You only have to give it a shot.
By:Marikor Hidalgo
