Want to help reduce your energy use during the dog days of summer? Close your curtains.
Just by blocking out the light on the east and west sides of your house, you can keep the sun’s hot rays out and keep your house cooler. Recycla angles the blinds on the east side of her house downward in the morning and opens them completely after lunch. At the same time, she angles the blinds on the west side of her house until late in the day.
If this sounds like a lot of work, it’s not. It takes just a few minutes and Recycla’s house feels cooler, plus her air conditioner doesn’t have to work as hard.
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Stephanie // June 25, 2009 at 1:42 pm |
that is such a great idea!! I try to keep mine open to let the sun in so I don’t have to have the lights on but my neighbor’s house blocks it mostly.