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Tips on keeping your home cool without air-conditioning.

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• Every ray of light that enters your home turns into heat - so covering your windows keeps that energy out.

• At night, the temperature often drops, so open your windows and get that cool air in overnight.  

• Fans cool you by evaporating sweat from your skin and by moving hot air away from you.  However, the fan motor also adds heat to your home - so use them sparingly.

• Long-term solution:  Plant deciduous trees on the south-facing side of your home or building.  Trees do more than shade your home, they consume light energy and turn it into wood and leaves (chemical energy).  

Why deciduous trees?  

All of these tips reverse for the winter - so you want trees that lose their leaves in the winter to let that warming sunlight into your home! 

Find out how much energy your home is losing through its roof with this interactive map.

Visit Richmond Hill’s Sustainable Energy page.