10 energy-efficient ways to keep cool in the hot summer house

Hot summer - a time when air conditioners in the rooms are at the limit. However, much of this load to the mains can be reduced if you follow a simple low-tech tips for keeping cool. The best ideas are the ones that are primarily used to limit the flow of heat into your home and not have to pay for getting rid of it, when the heat has penetrated into the room.


1. Use
tents According to the US Department of Energy, which leads Washington Post, awnings can reduce the penetration of solar heat that increases the temperature in the room, 65% of windows facing south, and 77% - in the windows facing west. Awnings also well protect furniture from fading.
Awnings can contribute to savings in cooling energy by 26% in hot climates, and by 33% in the more temperate climates, where they can completely replace the air conditioning.
2. Plant a tree next to the house
Wood, like any complex electronic device that allows natural light to enter the room in winter and in summer the thick foliage blocking the sun's rays.
Placement of a tree is the key to energy savings. The shadows of the trees affected by saving energy consumption, but the amount of savings depends on the location of the tree.
Geoffrey Donovan, who has studied the issue in Sacramento, calculated the potential savings: "Trees planted within 40 feet of the south side or within 60 feet from the west side of the house, will give about odinkovye energy savings, as the shadows in these cases fall into different the time of day. A tree planted on the east side of the house, has no effect on energy savings. Tree growing near the western side of the house can lead to a reduction in net carbon emissions from the summer electricity consumption by 30% over 100 years.
3. Put the wall Ivy House
Frank Lloyd Wright once said, "A doctor can bury his mistakes, but an architect can only advise his clients to plant ivy." It turns out, he could become a mechanical engineer, as surprising as creepers are effective in maintaining the house cool.

Creeping shrubs, such as ivy, Virginia vines grow quickly and have an immediate effect. Many complain that these plants can destroy buildings, damage the mortar or worsen the condition of the wood, but it depends on the type and the type of resteniya oltdelki building.
Creeping shrubs can greatly reduce the maximum temperature of the building, protecting the walls from heat in the sun, the daily temperature fluctuations are reduced by 50%.
4. Set your
window The windows in your home is not just a hole in the wall that you open or close, they are in fact part of a complex ventilation machines.
Everyone knows that heat rises, so if you have tall windows, open them when it's hot, hot air will escape from the room. When air passes through your home, it works exactly the same way as it does over the wing of an aircraft: the Bernoulli effect causes the air on the top and on the leeward side of the house be at a lower pressure than on the windward side. So if you have a double window, you can open the bottom of the window on the windward side of the house and the upper part of the window on the leeward side, low pressure will move the air through the house. Make outlets larger than the inlet, it will increase the effect.
5. Install a ceiling fan
Ceiling fans give the air mobility, like a light breeze, making your stay comfortable in the room, even at elevated temperatures, not cool the entire room is air-conditioned. The essence of such cooling is to create a movement of air around a person, ie, allow the skin to dissipate excess heat, with ambient air temperature does not change, it is noted on the site vortvent.ru. In addition, there is no sense to leave the fan on when you leave the room.

6. Paint the roof
White roof, as well as large accumulations of ice and snow, effectively reflects UV rays, and is currently one of the recognized methods of cooling cities and combat climate change.
7. Install blinds on windows or external blinds on the window sash
Use blinds - the best way to deal with unwanted penetration of sunlight and heat into the room
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8. Use attic fan
Attic Fan creates air circulation in the attic, thereby bringing warm air from the attic space in the hot days of summer. This exchange of air improves its quality and reduces the cost of cooling the building.
9. Do not cook a hot meal in the room
Not long ago accidentally invented the summer kitchen, which avoid the accumulation of heat in the room, and then on the air-conditioning costs.
10. Reduce the use of electrical appliances in the room.