How do you adjust to not having air conditioning if you have had it for years?

Question

For those who either want to live more environmentally friendly or who are moving into new housing without air conditioning . How do you adjust to the heat ?

Answer 1

Buy a one-room air conditioner if you can't sleep at night.  Run it as sparingly as you prefer.  A fan works great once you are used to the weather.

Answer 2

you just have to deal with it...just like everyone

Answer 3

Lose weight!!! thats how you adjust!

Answer 4

have thinner blankets when going to bed and deal with it everyone else does and you will feel the benefit

Answer 5

fans..  the "tower" fans.  i love fans.

Answer 6

Keep a fan near your bed at nite.  Also keep a spray bottle of water in the refrigerator and spritz your face with the cold water, it's like a mist of heaven. Also close the blinds in the rooms you are not in, the more shade the better! I have also heard that people hundreds of years ago would hang a wet towel from the inside of the window, to block the sun from getting in and some how the wetness of the towel keeps the air inside cooler. I'm not sure if or how that is true, but it's worth a try.

Answer 7

It all depends on where you live but typically if you have a house with a basement, that will be the coolest spot.

If you have a home with a lot of sun facing windows, you want to place white rollup blinds on the outside of the windows to keep the window itself from getting hot.

Keep house closed up to keep what cool air you have from escaping.

Do NOT use ceiling fans as they will bring hot air from the ceiling down and mix it with the cool air.

If you need to use a fan use one with a gentle breeze, again you don't want the air moving as it only mixes hot and cold air and defeats the purpose.

When it starts cooling down in the evening, open the house up to help it cool down for the next day.

For open house night sleeping you may want to pick up a mosquito net so you an sleep without hearing the little buggers in your ears.

Good luck and keep cool!

Answer 8

by sleeping at the yard. mind the mosquitoes and soon enough you'll realise that you don't even need an air conditioner!