According to a report published by the Abbé Pierre Foundation Monday, June 26, 2023, 69% of French people suffer from heat waves inside their homes during hot weather. For good reason, as the report points out, “the 5.2 million thermal colanders that cannot be heated in winter turn into energy kettles that cannot be cooled in summer”. A topical concern since France has been affected by a heat wave since Monday July 10, 2023. Here are some tips to fight against the high temperatures day and night… Guaranteed without air conditioning. Among the options, classic but effective: the fan. Portable or suspended from the ceiling, while it doesn’t actually cool the room, it provides a feeling of cool air. Even more efficient option: stand in front after moistening the skin. At night, a mist on his sheets will also help to lower the temperature felt in the room.
These actions to take to remove the heat from your home
It may seem obvious, but prevention is better than cure. To fight against the heat, the first instinct is not to let it in. For that, a simple but effective gesture is to close all your shutters as soon as the sun beats down on the windows, even for northern exposuresas recommended by theEcological Transition Agency. The white shutters will be all the more effective as they reflect the heat. Of course, closing your windows as soon as the heat outside is higher than that inside is also essential. No shutters on your windows? Blackout curtains will do the trick, even if their effectiveness does not equal that of survival blankets glued to the windows, as engineer Thibault Laconde explained on Twitter Sunday June 4, 2023: “If you have an opening without a shutter exposed to the sun, a 2 euro survival blanket, taped silver side out, will easily make you lose 5-10°C of indoor temperature during the next heat wave”. For the most meticulous, Ademe also recommends greening the surroundings of your home: a garden with trees, a balcony or a planted window sill will allow the water contained in the plants to evaporate and cool the atmosphere. Finally, a tip that is not necessarily intuitive but full of common sense: turn off electrical appliances that produce heat. All this while making sure to hydrate very regularly.