Natural Methods of Air Conditioning Your Home

When it is hot outdoors, keeping cool indoors can indeed be a problem. When the sun beats down on the roof of your home, it can raise your indoor room temperature to uncomfortable levels. In such a situation, air conditioning can be your only solution.

The initial cost of getting an air conditioner installed and the electricity costs of running it can be high. There are few tips, however, which can help you to use cooling methods which are natural and environment-friendly and can also help you save on your electricity bills.

One of the best ways to enjoy a cool house and reduce air conditioners use is to use passive or natural cooling. Passive cooling is achieved by the use of natural cooling methods which help in maintaining cool temperature inside the room.

The first thing that you should do in order to maintain indoor cooling is to keep the heat from building up within the room. The major way how heat is built in homes is through sunlight. This sunlight is absorbed by the roof of your house and also by walls and windows. The other source could be leakage or other heat generating appliances in the house.

So you need to use methods to prevent heat from being absorbed into your house by reflecting or blocking the heat from entering your house and removing the different heat generating sources from your house.

Using dark colours for your house exterior will absorb 70% to 90% of the sunlight, thus generating heat within the house. This heat energy from the sun is transferred inside the house through conduction which results in heat gain.

On the other hand, if you use light texture for your home's exterior, it will help in reflecting the heat away from your home. Thus, the most effective method of keeping your home cool is to keep the heat from building up.

Installing radiant barriers is an easy and effective way of keeping away the heat from building up in your house. It is also easy to install. It does not matter which way the shiny surface of the radiant faces. What is more important is for it is to be placed underside the roof and not horizontally over the ceiling.

Thus, cool temperatures can be maintained within the house with ease and to a comfortable level.