Reduce Internal Heat Loads
• There's enough heat coming in from outside. Don't generate more by using appliances unnecessarily.• Turn off lights when not needed.
• Turn off television sets, radios and recorders when they are not in use.
• Do your vacuuming, ironing, clothes washing and dishes in the cool hours.
• Don't use the stove unless you have to. Try cooking in the morning or evening and serve cold but nourishing meals.
• Make sure that refrigerator and freezer door seals are air tight, and avoid leaving the door open longer than necessary. The cool air you momentarily gain will be more than made up for by the heat the refrigerator must reject in order to re-cool itself.
• Hang clothes out to dry. If you must use a clothes dryer, exhaust the hot air out-of-doors in the summer. (In winter, try exhausting electric dryers into the basement, using an old nylon stocking over the tube to catch the lint. Empty it often.)
• When you've had a bath or washed dishes, pull the plug right away. Get rid of the hot water. (In the winter of course do the opposite; let it stand for a while — better to heat the house than the sewers.)
May 19, 2012