Home Renovation – How to Cool your Home without Wasting Energy

Little by little the heat increases and in many homes the air conditioning is started to be used, which entails an unsustainable energy expenditure. As we are aware of this problem, we give you home renovation options so you know how to cool your home without wasting energy. Simple and useful solutions that will save us and take care of the environment.

Why?

You may wonder why you have to read this article if you are very cool at home with your air conditioning. Well, we give you a piece of information: refreshing a room of about 20 square meters represents about 30% of the total cost of your electricity bill (in addition to emitting CO 2 that goes directly to the ozone layer). If you take into account all homes that have air conditioning, you will realize that we are all contributing to spoiling the planet. So the reasons we give you are:

• Search energy efficiency
• Introduce renewable energies
• Avoid the greatest number of CO 2 emissions to improve the planet
• Save on electricity bill
• Glasses with solar control

Glasses with solar control

These are glass that allows sunlight to enter without having to have the house in darkness, with the blinds down all day. They will allow you to reduce the energy cost in summer since they filter the heat and allow sunlight to enter. Its advantages are:

• An efficient and simple solution
• Energy saving
• Saving on air conditioning, so the investment is amortized in one year
• Block up to 75% of the sun’s heat

Smart construction

Intelligent construction and materials have gained special importance in recent years. We are more aware of the importance of maintaining the planet and the need to take care of it through ecological and natural solutions. One of the most used methods is the mixture of cement, earth and other additives for conductivity. Its advantages are:

• Just as there are materials to insulate from cold, they also exist to insulate from heat.
• Savings on electricity bill
• CO 2 emission reduction
• Materials with high conductivity and air recycling system

New airs

Thanks to the research, new, more efficient and sustainable air conditioners have been developed, eliminating those gases that damage the ozone layer. Although unfortunately there are still contaminated devices on the market if you are going to buy one, make sure it is the new system. Its advantages are:

• Sustainability
• Energy efficiency
• Cost savings
• Elimination of harmful gases
• Different designs and shapes

Fans

Did you know that this type of ventilation during a home renovation can reduce the temperature of a room by up to 8° C? In addition to being functional in summer, they are also functional in winter and have numerous advantages such as:

• Sustainability
• Functions for winter and summer
• The multitude of models that adapt to any style (ceiling fans, standing…)
• Reduce temperature up to 8° C per room

Do not underestimate the plants

We are crazy about nature, it has already been demonstrated in previous articles. But it is that in addition to a decorative function, the plants offer shadows and protect from the sun. Its advantages are:

• They can reduce the temperature of a room by up to 8° C
• A natural solution that provides the same advantages as other systems such as fans
• Some plants offer a natural mosquito repellent system, such as basil
• Natural, economic and sustainable

Orientation

When choosing to home renovation, we can take into account issues such as orientation, which will also help us when it comes to thermal insulation. You should consider:

• In cold areas look for a south orientation
• In warm areas look for a north orientation
• The location on narrow streets means that in summer you have shadows and in winter it is protected
• Good insulation is also important.

Tips

The option you choose, always keep in mind:

• Look at the ventilation systems you buy, in its labelling, you will see all the information
• Watch the temperature. The best is 22° C. Each grade will increase spending by 8% on the electricity bill
• Proper maintenance for better operation
• Introduce new habits in your life such as ventilating at night or first thing in the morning, turning off the air conditioning before leaving home, etc.

If we contribute each with our grain of sand, we will achieve a better world and sustainable cooling.