Hot weather always causes the indoor temperature to rise rapidly, and many people who can’t stand the heat start to turn on their air-conditioner. Are there any money-saving tricks for staying cool without turning on the air conditioner? Because if you operate the air conditioner for a long time, your electricity bill will soar, and it is not environmentally friendly. In Japan, the website matome.naver.jp shares six tips for staying cool.
6 tips for staying cool
1. Use an ice pack
Taking an ice pack from the refrigerator and putting it under your armpit and neck, where some large arteries flow throughout the body, will have a cooling effect on your blood. After the cooled blood flows to the whole body, it will naturally lower your body temperature.
2. Eat watery foods
Foods with high water content, such as melon, will have a throat-soothing and diuretic effect after eating, which can effectively remove heat from the body and lower your body temperature.
Watermelon is a summertime food for staying cool, as it reduces body heat. (Image: via Pixabay)
3. Soak in cold water
After a busy day, you may be soaked in sweat. Try soaking your feet in cold water after taking a shower. The cold water can temporarily increase the amount of blood on the skin’s surface, causing a little sweating, but it also achieves the effect of cooling.
4. Sprinkle water on the ground
I believe that many people have seen a sprinkler truck spraying along the road in the hot summer. When the wind blows on the wet ground, the water will be evaporated and carry away the heat. As for the timing of water sprinkling, morning and evening are the best.
5. Put ice water in front of an electric fan
As water can absorb the surrounding heat, this method is beneficial for cooling, and at the same time, the air blowing on the ice water will become cold.
One way for staying cool is to put ice water in front of the electric fan. (Image: via Pixabay)
6. Put a fan by the window
Moving the fan to the window will bring in fresh outdoor air and discharge the hot indoor air from the room, and this will achieve a cooling effect.
These methods may still not achieve the same cooling effect as air conditioning. But they are simple, practical, efficient, and environmentally friendly, reducing the indoor temperature to be bearable so are worth trying.
Translated by Joseph Wu and edited by Helen
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