Hi there, time to share ways to keep your home cool during hot times

So ok, usual ways I use:

  • open everything during night
  • close everything during day
  • external sheets on windows without shutters
  • some curtains to prevent heat from going upstairs

I was also wondering if plants could also help inside, any ideas ?

Share your advices !

  • starlinguk@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    My office in Southern Germany doesn’t have AC, even though it should. It’s the hottest part of Germany.

    • JubilantJaguar@lemmy.world
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      52 minutes ago

      Give it a couple of years and a few more heatwaves! This is the insidious problem with heatwaves, as I see it. Tolerance for heat and cold is in large part cultural - go to Portugal in winter to see how tolerant people can be of cold indoor temperatures. But with every new 3-day heatwave, Europeans are going to rush out to buy AC units to escape the immediate misery. Next thing we know the continent will be like the US, where it’s just unacceptable for indoor temperature to be outside the 19-23C range. And mass AC is just a climate disaster. That’s my worry.