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Have you been hot and uncomfortable in your Colorado property in the summer because you would like to save yourself the expense of air conditioning. Stop sweltering right now. There are a number of different things that you can do to keep your residence cool even in the height of summer without spending an awful lot of money. Here are a number of inexpensive methods that you can use to cool your home in the summer.

Ceiling Fans
A ceiling fan will cool your residence nicely without unduly inflating your electricity bills. Ceiling fans can cool a room down by about seven degrees and they only increase your electricity bill by about ten dollars if you leave it on 12 hours each day. That is a great cost-benefit trade-off!

Close the Drapes
Keep the house cool and shady by using your blinds or the drapes to keep out the sun in the daytime. The blinds and curtains help to block the sun’s heat from raising the temperature inside the residence. Your residence is thus being cooled without the use of any electricity.

Keep the use of lights and appliances to a minimum.
All illumination and appliances generate heat that increase the temperature inside your house. Heat is also given off by large appliances. Keep the use of your illumination and appliances to a bare minimum. If your air-conditioning thermostat picks up the heat from the appliances or the lights, it will assume that the room is hotter than it actually is and increase the cooling and your power bill.

Avoid cooking
A good way to generate heat inside the home is to do some cooking or baking. You may not fully realize this but cooking or baking generate enough heat to raise temperatures inside the residence by several degrees. Stick to cold food instead of cooking a meal. When it is really hot, a cold meal of sandwiches and salads or fruit is good for you.

Plant shade trees and bushes
You can plant some vegetation and shrubs in front of the windows where the sun comes in the most. This isn’t a “quick fix,” but when they blossom in a few years, they’ll do wonders for keeping your residence cool. In fact, you may not even need your air conditioner or ceiling fans that much when you have full trees and shrubs in front of your windows.

Use proper insulation
If your home is not well insulated the interior will tend to absorb and retain heat in the summer. Make sure your attic is properly insulated to keep the cool air in and the hot air out in the hot weather. If you upgrade your insulation from 3 inches to 12 inches, your electricity bills will reduce to 90% of what they were before the upgrade.

It is important to keep yourself cool in hot weather. When it is hot, you don’t feel like exerting yourself unless you are comfortable. Allowing yourself to get hot in summer is bad for your health and can cause long-term problems. Stay cool this hot weather with the help of these pointers.

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