How To Cool Your House More Efficiently

by James Mill­ner Sum­mer­time is here! We’re now enter­ing the warmest part of the sum­mer and many of us fac­ing a hard deci­sion: We can stay cool and com­fort­able in our homes by pay­ing high elec­tric bills due to the cost of run­ning our air con­di­tion­ers all day long or we can skip the air con­di­tioner and be warm and mis­er­able. Don’t fret, there are some things you can do to keep your house cool while still sav­ing money. If you’re hav­ing a hard time pay­ing your elec­tric bill this sum­mer then

Lifehacker Readers’ Best Stay-Cool Summer Tips [What You Said]

Ear­lier this week, we asked about your best tips for stay­ing cool this sum­mer ; now we’re back with some of our favorite sug­ges­tions. Photo by miss karen No A/C? No Prob­lem! So you didn’t give your air con­di­tioner a check up and now it’s mis­be­hav­ing? You could build a new one , or you could lis­ten to Beelzebuddha’s advice on get­ting through the sum­mer with­out an air con­di­tion­ing unit: I’ve been going with­out AC this sum­mer. What do I do to beat the heat ? I keep ALL the wind

Save Energy and Lower Your Cooling Bills

Here in South­east­ern Penn­syl­va­nia, we’ve been for­tu­nate enough to have lower-than-normal tem­per­a­tures so far this sum­mer. I’ve heard many peo­ple say how great it’s been to not have to run the air con­di­tioner, espe­cially in these dif­fi­cult eco­nomic times when pay­ing high energy bills is the last thing you want to do. But, if you live in an area where you’re not so lucky and the heat and/or humid­ity is tak­ing it’s toll on your elec­tric­ity bills, check out a few things you can do to lessen the bu

Ten Tips on How to Save Money on Air Conditioning

Most of us look for­ward to sum­mer. The warm, sunny weather has a way of putting a smile on one’s face. Sure, it gets hot out­doors, but we can always go inside and cool off cour­tesy of air con­di­tion­ing. Air con­di­tion­ing is nice, but it can cause your elec­tric bill to sky­rocket. In warm cli­mates, as much as 70% of total elec­tric­ity used can be attrib­uted to air con­di­tion­ing. So it pays to find ways to reduce the amount of time your air con­di­tioner runs. Here are ten things you can do to save

How To Cool Your Home More Efficiently

by Keep Your Home Cool This Year We’re going into the hottest part of the sum­mer sea­son here in the United States and many of us fac­ing a dif­fi­cult deci­sion: We can stay cool and dry in our homes by pay­ing high energy bills due to the cost of run­ning our air con­di­tion­ers all day long or we can skip the air con­di­tioner and be hot and humid. Don’t fret because there are some steps you can take to keep your home cool while still sav­ing money. Here are a just some of the many sim­ple ways you

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