The summer season is still a few months away, but the anticipated temperatures are already causing some concern among homeowners regarding their cooling bills. If the past few years have been any indication, there are good reasons behind those fears. Even if money was no object and people just turn up their AC when it gets hot, they’re actually doing more harm than good in the long run.

1. Cutting the Heat and
Energy Cycle
Half Price Shutters
Address: 7/6 Arvida Street, Malaga 6090
E-mail: halfprice1@bigpond.com
Phone: 9249 7277

2. The summer season is still a few months away, but the anticipated temperatures are already
causing some concern among homeowners regarding their cooling bills. If the past few years
have been any indication, there are good reasons behind those fears. Even if money was no
object and people just turn up their AC when it gets hot, they’re actually doing more harm than
good in the long run.
Passive Cooling
The dependence on AC cooling creates a
vicious cycle that will be harder for
residents to break the longer they stay
within it. When a house uses more of their
AC, they use electricity, that’s more energy,
producing more heat that will affect
homeowners who’ll turn up their AC even
more.
In fact, this is precisely the reason people are having problems with their cooling bills in the
first place. This isn’t a matter of people realising that they’re on the brink of falling into a
financial trap with their cooling needs. They’ve already fallen in and need a way out to improve
their yearly budget moving forward.

3. Passive cooling, which is a series of techniques that cool a house without using extra energy, is the
only answer to breaking free from the seasonal repetition. Its main principle is to keep solar heat
outside the home. There are several ways for a household to do this; some of them include
installing insulators within the walls themselves to help regulate temperatures. But the most
important aspects of passive cooling is solar shading.
Solar Shading
Solar shading refers to a group of products, which include roller shutters and venetian blinds that
cover windows and other similar areas. The entryways and access points are natural weak spots in
the structure of a house, and heat will move through them as if they weren’t even there. Solar
shading deters heat from entering the home through these areas, greatly reducing the overall heat
within the home.
Passive cooling can cut the cycle of energy consumption and heat at the source. This will allow
homeowners to go through a summer without worrying about budgets or getting cut off from their
AC at the most inopportune time.
SOURCES:
http://www.aurinkosuojaus.fi/uploads/artikkelit/ESCORP-EU25.pdf
http://www.halfpriceshutterswa.com.au/products/commercial-shutter