With the sun heating up the windows during the day time, it’s best to leave the windows closed with the curtains drawn. This will not only block out the sun but keep out some of the heat too. The best time to open the windows is at night when temperatures outside are cooler than inside. Operating the fan with windows open will allow the cooler air to circulate through your home, cooling its interiors.

The best times to open the windows and let the cool summer breeze in, is between 5am to 8am in the mornings and between 8pm to 11pm at night. Since the air is pleasantly cool during these times, it is the best time to allow the cooler air to circulate throughout your home and take away the stuffy heat from indoors.

Another tip to keep your home cool during the summers is by opting for light-colored curtains. Its well-known that dark colors absorb heat and light colors reflect heat, hence light-colored curtains are ideal for summers. Since cotton breathes, opt for sheer cotton curtains during summers to aid in circulation of whatever breeze there is. Other materials that are also summer-friendly include jute screens or bamboo shades.

Your exhaust fans in the kitchens and bathrooms can play a dual role during the summers. Not only can they get rid of unpleasant indoor smells, but are equally effective in getting the heat and humidity out too. This way, exhaust fans are very useful in preventing the heat from building up inside your apartment. Aside from this, some homes come with horizontal vents cut high up in the walls, these are a natural way of getting the hot air out during the summers.

Another tip to keep your home cool during the summers is by opting for light-colored curtains. Its well-known that dark colors absorb heat and light colors reflect heat, hence light-colored curtains are ideal for summers. Since cotton breathes, opt for sheer cotton curtains during summers to aid in circulation of whatever breeze there is. Other materials that are also summer-friendly include jute screens or bamboo shades.

Indoor plants make great interior décor and are aesthetically pleasing with their rich and pleasing green coloring. Green indoor plants are known to calm the mind as well as have the ability to purify indoor air off toxins and impurities. And that’s not all. Indoor planters can also help to humidify and cool the hot summer breeze flowing into the house. Indoor plants like ferns, Ficus tree, aloe vera and the areca palm tree are known to have a high transpiration rate, which helps in humidifying the air, thus cooling the space around it.

While the easiest way to get away from the summer heat is by switching on the air conditioners, it does mean that your electricity bills could hit the ceiling. A simple trick to using the air conditioner during the summers is by putting the thermostat at 25-260 C. This way you can leave it running for longer periods of time – but without consuming too much power as the compressor won’t be coming on frequently. Switching on the fan at low speed would circulate the cooler air through your home, and you can pass the summer days without your electricity bills going up too much.

This is one reason why Sowparnika homes are ideally suited for the summer. With cross-ventilation and clever designing, all Sowparnika homes are designed to be summer-friendly.

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