Summer has also arrived in our country after the many winter months. Are you curious to understand the best strategy to adopt with the windows of your home to limit the heat when it is hot? Here is the expert’s opinion.
It was certainly not a sparkling spring from a weather point of view. The entire month of May, in fact, was characterized by unstable weather and a lot of rain in every area of our country. As we unfortunately know, the citizens of Emilia Romagna have suffered the most, affected by a tremendous flood caused by the flooding of some rivers.
In recent days, however, the sun has begun to peep out in many Italian regions and the first baths in the sea have also begun in tourist resorts. We can, therefore, consider the summer season to have begun. Temperatures have risen, but have not yet reached extreme heat levels, as had already happened in the previous year.
Experts predict that the intense heat could arrive in their own weeks. Those who suffer from the heat are already studying some optimal strategies to minimize this personal “discomfort”.
In this article we want to inform the reader about the best technique to limit the hot air inside our homes as much as possible. We all tend to open our windows in the summer, because of the heat. Will this, however, be the best strategy to have a house at an acceptable temperature? Let’s find out all the details on this topic and the opinion of some experts in the field.
To open the windows of the house or not in periods of intense heat? Here’s the answer
As mentioned, until today the intense heat has not yet been felt in Italy. Temperatures are rising, but Italians can still “breathe”. Temperatures above 30°, however, will arrive soon. In fact, a very hot summer is expected, more or less at the levels of last season.
Many people have several air conditioners or air conditioners within their home environment. Everyone’s goal, in fact, is to try to mitigate the heat and face the summer heat in complete serenity. Especially at night, in fact, it is very important to rest adequately and not suffer from intense heat when you lie in bed.
Not everyone, however, has air conditioners at home. Those who have not yet been able to face this huge expense, therefore, will have to evaluate all the best strategies to try to reduce the high temperatures within their home environment.
Opening the windows – combined, perhaps, with the presence of mosquito nets – appears to be the best strategy to try to “limit the damage”. Will this, however, be the best strategy to adopt at any time of the day? Let’s find out when this move can be considered right and when, instead, it should be avoided in order not to pay for the consequences of hot air in the house. Here are all the details.
Opening windows: right or wrong strategy?
Those who suffer enormously from the heat know how unbearable the mugginess can become in the hottest weeks of summer. There are many, therefore, who open the windows of their homes – in case the air conditioners are not present. With the windows closed, in fact, you have the feeling of being more oppressed by the heat. However, opening the windows is not always the best technique to reduce the heat in the house. This explains why.
Many experts, first of all, point out that curtains should never be kept open in the event that the windows of the house are more exposed to the sun. Closing the curtains provides more shade and, as a result, the internal temperature will not rise excessively.
It will be advisable to avoid the so-called ‘greenhouse effect’ at home. To do this, in addition to closing the curtains if exposed to the sun, it will be advisable to close the windows during the hottest hours of the day. In this case, in fact, the internal temperature will reach the external one in a short time and the house will become a real “oven”.
Experts point out that it would be advisable to open the windows of the house only when the internal temperature has exceeded the external one. Otherwise, windows should be kept closed to have a certain “advantage” over the outside temperature.
In case of intense heat, therefore, the good rule to follow would be to keep the windows closed during the day – especially in the presence of the sun beating a specific window – and to open them only and exclusively in the evening hours.
At night, in fact, the outside temperature gradually drops and it could be a benefit to open the windows and let in the cool breeze.
