Hot summer days give us headaches, especially in urban areas where asphalt and building concrete heat up, reflecting the heat indoors. The simplest way to cool your home is obviously installing an air conditioner.
However, it's good to know that there are other less expensive methods to maintain a bearable temperature inside your home.
Fans are a widely used option for keeping cool during summer days at home. Although the cost is significantly lower than that of an air conditioner, a fan will not cool as well as an air conditioner does.
However, to support the fan and increase its efficiency, it's good to keep heat away from the house. Curtains, blinds, awnings or exterior roller shutters are just a few ideas you can put into practice to limit heat in your home.
For apartments facing east or west when the sun shines directly into the living spaces, we recommend drawing the curtains and rolling shutters to prevent rooms from overheating.
Now it's time to address the heat produced inside the house. Appliances, televisions, computers and even light bulbs heat the atmosphere without you realizing it. For scorching days, this is the last thing you want. What can you do? Limit the amount of heat emitted by appliances in your home as much as possible.
Also, try to cook during cooler times of the day, morning or evening, and have the hood on as it circulates the air.
Trees limit the amount of heat that enters our homes. For those who live in shady areas, the difference is noticeable. Unfortunately, not everyone benefits from lush green spaces that provide coolness during the summer. What can we do? Plant trees around the building; it requires the involvement of the community of tenants.
For such a noble purpose, you will surely find the necessary support. The same advice applies to those who live in houses - plant trees and shrubs around your house to enjoy cleaner air and coolness during the scorching summers.
Humidity increases the feeling of heat inside the home. Therefore, we recommend that you do not dry clothes, cook (especially boiling which produces steam) or even take long hot showers. Short lukewarm showers will be better tolerated by the body and thus limit moisture in the house.
