Everyone is looking forward to the warm weather. But spring and summer present residents with a big challenge: How can you cool the house or apartment? When temperatures rise, it can quickly become unbearably warm in attic apartments, west-facing rooms and old buildings. Especially during heat waves, it is impossible to concentrate on work in the home office, relax in the bedroom or cook your favorite dish in the kitchen. But with these tips you are guaranteedthe heat periodsbetween May and September and keep your home cool.
Cool your house and apartment: Determine the optimal room temperature
So that you can effectively cool your house or apartment in summer, you should first determine the optimal room temperature. Basically, the experts recommend keeping it between 18 and 25 degrees, because then the human body can regulate its own temperature effectively. The optimal room temperature varies greatly depending on whether it is a sleeping or living area. In the bedroom, 18 degrees Celsius ensures a restful sleep. It can be a little warmer in the children's room - the recommended temperature is 20 degrees Celsius. In the kitchen, where other appliances additionally heat the room, 19 degrees Celsius proves to be optimal. In the living room the temperature can vary between 20 and 22 degrees. In the home office, around 20 degrees Celsius is considered optimal.
To ensure that these guidelines are adhered to throughout the summer, the apartment or house should first and foremost be well insulated and protected from strong sunlight by blinds or roller blinds. Only then can modern onesAir conditioning systemscan be installed in any room.
Cool your house and apartment: Use these tricks to use your air conditioning efficiently
It is no longer possible for most people to survive completely without air conditioning in the hot summer months. However, the following tricks will help you keep the associated electricity costs to a minimum:
1. Ventilate the room every morning just after sunrise and every evening just before sunset. This way, only cool air flows in and the air conditioner can reduce the temperature more quickly.
2. Get sun protection for the windows. No matter whether roller blinds, blinds or opaque curtains: the right sun protection for the windows is simply essential in the summer months.
3. Keep the operating heat of household appliances to the minimum. Larger electrical appliances such as a refrigerator, a washing machine, a dishwasher, and a dryer release a lot of heat into the room. But a television or a laptop can also increase the room temperature by one degree Celsius, even in standby mode. Therefore, in the summer, switch off all electrical appliances that you are not currently using.
4. Try to control humidity. In the summer months it should not exceed 60%. Air conditioning can help maintain humidity within the specified limits of 40% to 60%, which will have a positive impact on health.
5. Paint the walls or house facade white, beige or another light color. This means they will heat up significantly less in the summer months.
6. A roof can also help reduce temperatures in the house. Completely glazed winter gardens are less suitable; it is much better to retrofit the terrace with a wooden roof.
7. Position the air conditioner correctly in the room. It is best to choose an external wall and mountthe air conditioning uniton the wall so that it is directly above the seat.
8. Set the air conditioner correctly: Instead of setting the air conditioner to 18 degrees Celsius and then turning it off after an hour, or only running it in the evening, set it to 22 degrees Celsius and leave it on 24 hours a day, 7 days a week run. This way the device will slowly change the temperature and you will avoid strong fluctuations. Otherwise, constantly turning it off and on again can increase power consumption. Another argument against this is that you have difficulty controlling the humidity in the room.
