7 Important Summer Tips for your Home

Indian Climate mostly influenced by summer therefore, we do not have any option to escape the heat. As the temperature rises, we are all looking for a cooling zone and mostly using the Air Conditioner at home.
Apart from being a major contributor to global warming, we are all facing some kind of health issues for using the Air Conditioner rigorously. The climatic heat affects while leaving the area that is uncovered from AC.

Therefore, few remedies could help us to survive by minimizing the usage of AC in the summer.

Cross Ventilation

If your windows are open outward, it helps to flow the outside air at your home. Cross ventilation is a common phenomenon most of us know but the time also plays a crucial factor. During the early morning between 5 AM to 8 AM and evening 7 PM to 11 PM is the time when the Air is most pleasant and you can feel the cool breeze inside your home.

Energy Efficient Lighting

Usage of Energy Efficient Lights (LED) can reduce your electricity consumption and produce the lesser amount of heat over others and keep your home cool.

Plantation

Systematic placement of plants, bush and vines can be very effective to keep your home cool. Plantation on East and West sides of the house that can provide sufficient shades to guard your house against the scorching heat and helps to keep your home cool.

Bush and Vines reduces heat up to 20% compared to the normal surroundings.

Whitewash

Whitewash on the roof is highly effective to cool your home and helps to reduce the temperature of the surroundings. If you whitewash your roof it reduces the indoor temperature by 3 -5 degree centigrade.  The simple roof painting method is an ancient method and in regions that originate heat e.g. Rajasthan, Jaipur etc. apply this method.

You need to apply exterior grade waterproof paint (quality needs to be good) to paint your building roof. You need to repeat the same once in a year or two depending upon the amount of rain received in your region.

Water Sprinkle

During the early morning and evening time, it is a common practice to sprinkle water in front of the house. This water evaporates and this evaporation helps to reduce the ambient temperature.

Khus Curtain

Jute Screens or bamboo shed curtain helps to keep your home filled with light and air. These curtains are known as Khus curtain and specially designed for summer time. These traditional and old methods are highly acceptable in rural and urban homes today as well.

Khus curtain is soaked in the water and hung out of the window. It helps to protect the hot air to become cool and keep your home pleasant.

Usable Material

Our daily belongings such as clothes, bed cover and other cover materials play an important role during summer. Right material such as cotton, linen, hemp and lighter shades gives relief from the scorching summer heat.

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