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Here’s a quick energy saving tip that makes extra sense in the summer heat: Insulate the water pipes running into your hot water heater.
These pipes will conduct heat from the heater and let it radiate into the room. Insulating them counteracts this and lets your heater work less to keep its contents hot. As an [...]
All the previous posts in my green home cooling series have dealt with cooling tips and techniques affecting the house directly.
For this final post, I’ll be focusing on things you can do around your house to reinforce everything you’ve done so far.
Plant deciduous trees
If you live in the northern hemisphere, plant deciduous trees to the [...]
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This post was tagged with: air conditioning, cooling, energy efficiency, energy saving, Gardening, green roofs, heat buildup, home cooling, house cooling, indoor temperature, landscaping, saving energy, shading, shading devices, summer heat, sun shade, waste heat
The building and its windows aren’t the only factors of your home affecting your indoor temperature. Furniture, appliances and other stuff you have in your house will also influence the temperature.
Don’t worry, though, there’s plenty you can do about it:
Replace incandescent light bulbs with more efficient ones
Incandescent light bulbs could be accurately described as small [...]
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