{"id":11331,"date":"2023-08-27T12:37:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-27T10:37:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/27\/how-to-stay-cool-without-air-con-and-help-take-some-heat-off-the-planet\/"},"modified":"2023-08-27T12:37:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-27T10:37:44","slug":"how-to-stay-cool-without-air-con-and-help-take-some-heat-off-the-planet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/27\/how-to-stay-cool-without-air-con-and-help-take-some-heat-off-the-planet\/","title":{"rendered":"How to stay cool without air con \u2013 and help take some heat off the planet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Research suggests UK homes are uniquely unprepared to cope with rising global temperatures \u2013 but there are greener solutions to uncomfortable heat than air conditioning<\/p>\n

\u201cI can honestly say it\u2019s the best thing I\u2019ve ever spent my money on,\u201d says 30-year-old Stephen about the unassuming waist-high plastic pillar that sits in the bedroom of his converted bungalow in Nottinghamshire. The retail worker has always found the room uncomfortably hot in summer, and his attempts to cool down using freestanding fans, electric air coolers and reading up on rudimentary fluid dynamics never seemed to cut it.<\/p>\n

When peak temperatures began creeping towards the 40C (104F) mark a few years ago, he splashed out on a portable air conditioner and has never looked back. \u201cIf it were to break, I would immediately buy another without a second thought,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t think I could cope without it in summer now.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\nResearch suggests UK homes are uniquely unprepared to cope with rising global temperatures \u2013 but there are greener solutions to uncomfortable heat than air conditioning
\n\u201cI can honestly say it\u2019s the best thing I\u2019ve ever spent my money on,\u201d says 30-year-old Stephen about the unassuming waist-high plastic pillar that sits in the bedroom of his converted bungalow in Nottinghamshire. The retail worker has always found the room uncomfortably hot in summer, and his attempts to cool down using freestanding fans, electric air coolers and reading up on rudimentary fluid dynamics never seemed to cut it.
\nWhen peak temperatures began creeping towards the 40C (104F) mark a few years ago, he splashed out on a portable air conditioner and has never looked back. \u201cIf it were to break, I would immediately buy another without a second thought,\u201d he says. \u201cI don\u2019t think I could cope without it in summer now.\u201d Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Research suggests UK homes are uniquely unprepared to cope with rising global temperatures \u2013 but there are greener solutions to uncomfortable heat than air conditioning \u201cI can honestly say it\u2019s the best thing I\u2019ve ever spent my money on,\u201d says 30-year-old Stephen about the unassuming waist-high plastic pillar that sits in the bedroom of his …<\/p>\n

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