Summer is coming and the temperature is rising along with it guess what else is rising these days? Your electricity bills! Global warming and the A.C.s that are switched on through days and nights only make it worse, which has become one of the primary causes of these extreme conditions. You might choose to pack your bags and go out to the hill to spend your entire summer in the mountain bliss. But sadly, it’s going to help neither the heat nor your pockets. Alternatively, you can look at some of these effective yet inexpensive ways to keep your residential flats cooler this summer. You can try old-school tricks to beat the heat this summer.
Use Khus
Do you remember the desert coolers you used to use in your summer vacation? No, you don’t have to go and rebuy those. Khus which is used to make the sides of the coolers naturally tends to offer coolness when wet. You can use Khus and prepare makeshift curtains for windows and doorways of your residential flat. Yes, it might be a bit of an effort to keep them wet, but it’s a brilliant way to stop the heat from entering your residential flat and it is absolutely worth it.
Dehumidify your flat
With the invention of science and technology, it has become an irreplaceable part of our lives, in summers, you will find dehumidifiers all around you. They require to be plugged in with a source of electricity and they absorb humidity and make the air fresher. We have a better idea. Instead of using dehumidifiers, you can use some indoor plants that naturally dehumidifies your flat. For example, Reed Palm, Peace Lily, or even Boston Fern will not only absorb most of the humidity stuck inside your residential flat, at the same time provide you with more oxygen.
Treat the Roof
One of the primary reasons for your residential flat to heat up is because the roof imbibes a lot of heat from the sun and warms all your rooms. However, there is a remedy to counter this. Open all the water outlets on your roof and fill it up with water. And let the sun evaporate all the water on the roof, by doing so you can have some relaxing and cool hours and mitigate the intense heat. You can paint your rooftops with soda lime or Chuna to counter the heat. The white colour will absorb less heat compared to any other colour and keep the heat at bay.
Soak the Curtains
The idea behind soaked curtains is to cool down the breeze before it enters your residential flat so that the heat it brings along with it, does not get absorbed by the walls in the house. Firstly, use cotton or mulmul drapes instead of the heavy curtains to cover your doors and windows. With a bucket full of water, soak only the ends of the cotton curtain. The breeze turns much cooler when the water seeps through the hems of the curtain.
Turn Off
The most important of it all is to do away with the use of electronics or reduce as much as you possibly can. These appliances radiate heat that gets and transmitted which harms us silently. The motor gets heated even when you open and shut the refrigerator too many times which increases the load. Let’s keep most of the switches turned off as I keep my 2 BHK flat In Gurgaon darker.
No one can ignore the effects of global warming. Hence, we must do our bit and go natural. Here’s hoping our tricks cool you this summer!
Stay Cool. Stay Healthy!
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