How to cool your home in the summer without using the air conditioning

Although air conditioning is one of the most effective remedies for heat, it is certainly not the cheapest nor the most environmentally friendly.

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Summer is already making its breath feel warm. Although air conditioning is one of the most effective remedies for heat, it is certainly not the cheapest nor the most environmentally friendly. There are other solutions capable of refreshing our home at no cost

Temperatures in our country are currently rising sharply well above 30 ° due to an anomalous and hot African anticyclone. This means that we need to refresh our home. Air conditioning is not the best solution from an energy point of view. In fact, using the air conditioner involves a waste of electricity and also the production of polluting emissions.

Here's how to cool our apartment without spending a cent and without producing a single gram of CO2.

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1. We close the windows

If we want to keep our home cooler, the first thing to do is to keep warm outside the "door". Especially on very hot days, it is good to air the house early in the morning or late in the evening when it is cooler outside. Opening the windows when there is not a breath of air outside and only heat enters, only contributes to raising the temperature of our home. In the evening it is also useful to open all the windows so that the air can circulate well and cool the whole house.

However, if several people are in the same room, it is always advisable to open it for a few minutes to air the rooms.

2. Dark rooms

While summer is the season of light, it is also true that in some cases, when it is very hot, it is better to keep the sun out. To do this, we need to give shade to our rooms using curtains or rather blinds and awnings. To keep the apartment cool in the summer, it is best to have the curtains or blinds closed during the day and open them wide in the evening or early in the morning.

3. Cool flat with wet cloths

Damp towels or wet sheets cool the apartment: just soak the desired fabric in cold water and squeeze it so that it does not drip. Then hang it in front of the window or in the center of the room.

The effect of this trick is based on evaporative cooling: during drying, heat is removed from the air. Not only is the towel "fresh", but the air in the room is just as fresh. But be careful: too many wet towels risk making the air too humid which in some cases can make the heat feel more so we use this solution but without exaggerating.