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- Chaya, selected from Networx
- May 28, 2011
- 3:02 pm
- 204 comments
4. Turn Your Fan into an Air Conditioner
Another easy way to cool your home without air conditioning is to place a bowl of ice or a frozen milk jug in front of one or more fans.
5. What’s hot in your home?
It’s one thing to keep hot air and sunlight out; it’s another to identify the appliances in your home that generate heat. If you aren’t at home during the day, it is easier to simply shut off as many electric appliances as possible. If you spend more of your day at home, try to use heat-generating appliances only during the coolest part of the day.
Keeping your electronics on a power strip provides a quick way to “power-down” before leaving for the day.
7. Light Bulbs
Change incandescent bulbs for cooler fluorescent bulbs. Turn off lights when not in use.
Read more: Conservation, Green, Home, Household Hints, Reduce, Recycle & Reuse, air conditioning
Chaya, selected from Networx
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Nice ideas, Thank you
Now we need an article on how to stay cool in a car without air...
Thanks for the tips.
Very good ideas, thank you!
Ive never really thought about the open cabinet idea, and the ice cubes infront of the fan sounds like a pretty good idea too!
fans? ya think?
I live in the UK where temperatures can vary hugely from one day to the next, today and tomorrow for instance the temperatures are forescast as being 86F for today and Monday but on Tuesday the forecast is for 68F which we will get for the rest of the week. I just wish that we could learn to capture the heat today and let it out later in the week when we need it!
I live in the UK where temperatures can vary hugely from one day to the next, today and tomorrow for instance the temperatures are forescast as being 86F for today and Monday but on Tuesday the forecast is for 68F which we will get for the rest of the week. I just wish that we could learn to capture the heat today and let it out later in the week when we need it!
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