1. Bring Nature Indoors
Bringing nature indoors is one of the optimal solutions to reduce the scorching heat during summer. Bringing nature indoors doesn't just mean bringing plants inside to place in the foyer or various spots around the house; it also involves creative ideas to help family members feel free, light, find balance, peace, and alleviate the sweltering weather. Not only does greenery purify and freshen the air, but it also makes your home cooler with pure natural energy. Cleverly arranging plants, your living space will be incredibly impressive.
Natural materials you can use inside your home like wood, stone, rocks, ceramics, wicker, or bamboo... will help family members feel closer to nature outside. Or you can use fresh flower arrangements, flower pots, self-planted pots, wicker furniture, wooden floors, or natural stone, and you'll surely feel very comfortable and relaxed in the summer.
2. Introduce Natural Breeze into Your Home
Just like bringing water into your home, introducing natural breeze into your home is also one of the effective ways to beat the heat. Natural ventilation is the ability to control and manipulate natural wind into buildings, purifying and cooling the air. It provides comfort in modern structures. The purpose is to reduce carbon heat emission into the environment, creating environmentally friendly and energy-saving structures, instead of using machinery, air conditioning.
Bringing natural breeze into your home by opening windows when the sun is less intense to allow wind to enter, outdoor plants will soothe the scorching heat of summer and help circulate air in your home, bringing it cooler and fresher. You will feel comfortable because the breeze will dispel the stuffiness and heat of summer weather.
3. Introduce Water into Living Spaces
Introducing water into living spaces is one of the effective ways to beat the heat. As hot days approach, bringing water surfaces into living spaces is a suitable solution for tropical areas to help cool down your beloved home. A home with a landscape like a stream, a small waterfall, a pond, a water channel, or a miniature fish tank not only creates a refreshing and serene space but also serves the purpose of embellishing your home to make it more beautiful and luxurious. It helps make your room cooler when the weather is scorching.
A cool water pond. A lively cascading waterfall is often imagined as something luxurious in a home. However, in reality, even with limited space, you can make your living space cooler with water. In the past, bringing water into the house was often associated with elaborate methods such as creating rock gardens, ponds... Nowadays, many people prefer the trend of simplicity in decoration like water walls, fountain basins, small ceramic waterfalls... The advantage of these dynamic decorations is that they don't take up much space. With just a small area to decorate, you can bring water into your home.
4. Evaporative Cooler
Evaporative cooler is a fan that operates on the principle of pushing fine water vapor or moisture, invisible to the naked eye, into the surrounding environment. Inside the machine, there is a rotating shaft specialized in cooling and releasing moisture outside. It is this principle that makes the surroundings cooler.
The evaporative cooler also features oscillation and dust filtration. Taking air from three directions and oscillating from four directions will quickly cool the space. Dust particles from the air are also filtered before passing through the cooling panel, ensuring safe airflow for users. You will feel comfortable and relaxed when stepping into a room equipped with an evaporative cooler. You can feel the cool and fresh breeze in the summer. The cooler can maintain and add moisture to the room in hot weather, allowing you to enjoy natural air right at home. The cooler integrates many functions, and you can use it at any time of the year.
5. Always Draw Curtains When It's Sunny
Always draw curtains when it's sunny is an optimal measure to prevent direct sunlight from entering your room. Drawing curtains not only blocks sunlight from entering the house but also helps you save electricity and reduce room temperature.
According to scientific research, 30% of unwanted heat comes from windows. Therefore, the simplest solution is to always draw curtains when it's sunny, and you should also choose light-colored curtains to block light from entering the room and prevent heat retention. With this simple measure, you can help reduce 7% of the electricity bill and keep the room temperature low. Pay special attention to windows facing west and south.
6. Body Cooling
Instead of focusing solely on cooling the room, let's cool our bodies first. Some ways to cool our bodies include: We can wear loose-fitting clothes, eat cooling foods, and limit hot foods. Especially, you should limit fried and oily dishes, instead eat boiled or low-fat dishes, eat more fruits but limit hot fruits like: Jackfruit, mango, rambutan, lychee... You should also eat more green vegetables to feel more relaxed and comfortable in hot weather.
Bright, cool-colored clothes will reduce the feeling of heat. Helping you feel more comfortable, besides, you can also avoid mosquito bites. Wearing comfortable, breathable clothes that absorb sweat will help cool the body when the temperature is high. In hot summer weather, you should choose gentle sports such as: Yoga, walking, swimming is very useful for cooling the body in hot weather. Note that you should exercise in the early morning and late afternoon to avoid fatigue.
7. Using Mist Fans
Using mist fans will be the choice of many families. Mist fans can balance the humidity in the environment and help your skin better. This is a product that helps air conditioning in the room. It operates based on the principle of rapid evaporation and spraying water vapor as mist to balance the air humidity, making users feel comfortable.
In addition to the cooling function, it also has a humidifying mist function. Therefore, it can reduce 5-7 degrees compared to the current temperature. The fan has misting and cooling functions, which can be used separately or simultaneously. With just a mini mist fan at a relatively cheap price in the room, your room space will always be cool and maintain air humidity on hot days. It makes you feel comfortable, pleasant in your room, even if the summer lasts.
8. Using Air Conditioning
Air conditioning is a heat transfer device. It transfers heat from a low-temperature place (heat source) to a high-temperature place (heat sink), opposite to the natural heat transfer. Thanks to the cooling process using gas, the air after being introduced into the system is filtered and produces a cool airflow.
Air conditioning is an indispensable appliance for every family in every summer. It is considered the top priority cooling device to combat summer heat. The air conditioner is designed with modern technology so you will not feel uncomfortable waiting for the room air to cool down. The air conditioner will create a uniform cold air stream throughout the room in the shortest time possible, to bring immediate refreshment, dispelling the heat, creating a comfortable space for you and your loved ones.
9. Using Evaporative Cooler Fan
Evaporative cooler fan is considered the top priority solution for summer due to its excellent functionality and compactness. When natural air passes through the core of the cooling pad, the water droplets on the cooling pad will reduce the temperature of the natural air. Evaporative cooler fan features: Good water absorption and ventilation, filtering function, actual cooling area is more than a hundred times compared to the surface, solid, corrosion-resistant, long service life.
In summer, there is a big difference between dry and wet air temperatures, so the cooling effect will be very high. Natural air will be blown out colder through the cooling pad. Therefore, cooling the air, making the environment fresh and comfortable, is good for the health of users.
10. Installing Roof Insulation
The roof is the place directly exposed to external temperatures. It will absorb and transmit heat inside. Therefore, if only ordinary roofing sheets are used, your house space will be very hot. To improve this, you should use insulation materials such as: Insulated EPS panels, insulated silver foam, insulated flexible ducts, or insulated PU sheets to cover the roof.
It will be an insulation layer that maximally prevents heat transmission inside. Therefore, it will make the space more comfortable. This is also considered a common measure for you to avoid heat in the summer.
11. Limiting the Use of Too Many Electrical Appliances
Using too many electrical appliances in hot summer days not only increases the electricity bill but also adds a few degrees Celsius to the temperature due to the heat released from electrical appliances and household items during operation, making the already hot temperature even hotter, especially in summer.
Therefore, you should limit the use of too many electrical appliances. Instead of using electricity extensively, focus on family activities in one room, rather than using electricity in all rooms as before, and if not necessary, avoid wasting electricity. You should schedule your work efficiently to be able to use energy properly to make your home cooler.
12. Cooling Off with a Wet Face Cloth Wrapped Around the Neck
A very useful trick that many people used when they were young to beat the heat is: Take a wet face cloth and wrap it around your face and neck. You can make it cooler by putting the wet cloth in the refrigerator for about 10 minutes before using it on your face and neck, that feeling is just like Yomost.
Nowadays, there's no need to do that anymore, those who work outdoors cannot do it that way. Nowadays, people often use Japanese cooling towels to keep cool. With modern fabric technology, the cooling towel only needs to be soaked in water once and wrapped around the face and neck. When it gets hot, just wring it out, and it becomes cold again as usual, extremely convenient.
13. Spritz Mineral Water or Cool Water on Yourself
Mineral water spray is one of the moisturizing and beautifying products that many beauty enthusiasts rely on. Even men can use it to protect their skin from UV rays or environmental influences. However, women often use mineral spray to moisturize their skin the most.
You can use it to spritz on your face and neck. It helps you cool down immediately in the summer heat. If you don't have a spray bottle, you can place one or two small misting fans in your room, which will greatly reduce the heat in the room.
14. Drink Plenty of Water Before Heading Out.
In summer, the body in general and the skin in particular are prone to dehydration. Moreover, our country is tropical, hot, and humid. Therefore, in summer, we need to be vigilant and prevent the risk of heat stroke in the elderly, children, heavy laborers in hot, humid environments, or working under intense sunlight.
Therefore, drinking plenty of water in hot summer weather is one of the important measures to help you stay cool very well. In fact, water plays an extremely important role such as: solvent, transporting substances, balancing body temperature... During the sunny season, it is best to drink plenty of water, especially mineral water, fruit juice, oresol... If you drink water correctly and in the right amount depending on the body weight of each person, it will compensate for the amount of water lost through daily excretion. It helps the skin stay moist, smooth, rich in vitality, and energy to resist the summer heat better.