Comments on: Fighting The Heat http://www.miniseed.com/2009/06/02/fighting-the-heat The site of James, Karen, Lia and Eli Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:36:28 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mark http://www.miniseed.com/2009/06/02/fighting-the-heat/comment-page-1#comment-2181 Mark Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:22:28 +0000 http://wp.miniseed.com/?p=2223#comment-2181 Move to London...problem solved. San Francisco works too. Move to London…problem solved. San Francisco works too.

]]> By: ang http://www.miniseed.com/2009/06/02/fighting-the-heat/comment-page-1#comment-2180 ang Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:44:36 +0000 http://wp.miniseed.com/?p=2223#comment-2180 blackout curtains also provide thermal protection... or use a thick material. keep curtains and blinds closed during the day, especially if there is sun beating through those windows. this especially works well when coupled with nightime cooling. if you want to cool an upper floor, blast a fan at the bottom of the staircase pointed up. or you can run your central system fan without the heat... the later option may be more effective, but will pull more energy. add inches of insulation to your attic. fyi, blowing a fan outward or inward only works if the outside temperature is cooler than the inside temperature. if you've done the nighttime cooling, then i would avoid taking in outside air via fan or opening windows when it is hotter outside. blowing a fan around the house (recirculation) provides a breezy interior which cools the skin, so it does work to cool people. it can also work to equalize the temperature in a house. blackout curtains also provide thermal protection… or use a thick material.

keep curtains and blinds closed during the day, especially if there is sun beating through those windows. this especially works well when coupled with nightime cooling.

if you want to cool an upper floor, blast a fan at the bottom of the staircase pointed up. or you can run your central system fan without the heat… the later option may be more effective, but will pull more energy.

add inches of insulation to your attic.

fyi, blowing a fan outward or inward only works if the outside temperature is cooler than the inside temperature. if you’ve done the nighttime cooling, then i would avoid taking in outside air via fan or opening windows when it is hotter outside.

blowing a fan around the house (recirculation) provides a breezy interior which cools the skin, so it does work to cool people. it can also work to equalize the temperature in a house.

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