Follow Up: Why Do You Keep Your Home as Cool as You Do?
Posted on August 5th, 2008 - 10:30 AMAbout the author: Dominic Bridgers joined EPA’s Office of Public Affairs as a summer intern.
This has been an up and down summer in DC, in terms of heat. Some days the sun has been too much to bear while other days it feels as if you should take your family out to the closest park and have a picnic.
I collected data from the June 9th Question of the Week, “Why do you keep your home as cool (or not) as you do?” The answers really came down to being pretty even between feeling comfortable, and saving money and energy. However, I was very surprised to see how many people do not use air conditioning. Instead of using air conditioning, a lot of people prefer to use either their ceiling fans or just crack the window for a cool summer breeze!
Thanks for your time in responding to “Why do you keep your home as cool as you do?”
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Question of the Week
August 5th, 2008 at 8:01 pm
Please, let me come visit a place where only a fan is needed in the summer. I live in Oxford, MS year-round and i pray daily for nov, dec, and jan to come back and stay awhile…
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September 28th, 2008 at 8:53 pm
I typically keep my air at 76 but up it to 88 when we’re not home. I would love to only use it when necessary ie. exteremly hot and/or humid days) but my autistic son pushes out all of the screens and then bends them up because they impede his view outside. So air is a must in summer!
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June 5th, 2009 at 4:31 pm
We have Ceiling Fans in every room, except for the living room where there is a wall air conditioner is. Since we do not have central air, we depend on our ceiling fans to raise the level of comfort as much as possible. It is rare that we ever turn on the wall unit because it is so noisy and costs too much to operate.
On the hottest days, we may get uncomfortable, but those are the days we want to be enjoying the outdoors anyway. Lucky for me, I make a living selling ceiling fans, so the fans that we own are top of the line and have powerful motors that move a lot of air. The average ceiling fan would not cut the mustard in our circumstance.
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