How to Keep Your Home Cool in Summer
Are you sweltering in the summer heat? Your house should provide a cool escape for you and your family. If it doesn’t, it’s time to make some upgrades.
Sustainergy Cooperative specializes in energy efficiency upgrades for homes in Ohio, Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. We can help you make low-cost, high-impact energy efficient improvements that will not only make your house more comfortable but also save you money on your energy bills.
If you’re looking for ways to keep your home cool without an AC replacement, keep reading!
Make Insulation Upgrades
Most people think about insulation as something that keeps houses warm in the winter. But insulation doesn’t just work in the winter—it also keeps your house cooler in the summer.
Insulation works by slowing down heat transfer through your walls, crawlspace, and attic. In the winter, it stops heat from escaping your house. But in the summer, it works in reverse, stopping outside heat from coming in.
There are three key areas to insulate in your home for cooler summer temperatures:
Crawl space insulation
Exterior wall insulation
In most cases, we recommend starting with the attic. Proper attic insulation will block out the heat that beats down on your roof during the day, resulting in cooler temperatures throughout your entire home. It is one of the most cost-effective yet impactful ways to improve your home’s energy efficiency.
Air Seal Your Attic & Crawl Space
Your house may seem fully sealed off from the outside world but in all likelihood, it’s not. Openings around attic knee walls, attic hatches, wiring holes, vents, rim joists, and other areas hidden away inside your attic and crawl space allow air to flow freely into and out of your home.
These openings allow a vacuum-like phenomenon called the stack effect to occur. In the summer, changes in air pressure cause cool air to escape through air leaks in the bottom of your house while hot air is drawn in through air leaks in the attic to replace it. Not only does this make your house hotter, but it can also bring outdoor air pollutants in, hurting your indoor air quality.
Air sealing is the process of locating and closing up these openings. Together, air sealing and insulation control heat and air movement within your home to create a more comfortable and consistent temperature year-round.
Stay Cool & Save Energy with Sustainergy Cooperative
At Sustainergy Cooperative, we believe that everyone deserves to live in a comfortable home. We help our customers solve comfort problems like a hot upstairs in the summer or a stuffy second floor with high-impact, low-cost energy efficiency solutions. We will work within your budget and can help you take advantage of financing and incentives to make your project more affordable.
We are a worker-owned cooperative, which means everyone on our team has a stake in the outcome of your project. Our technicians are committed to providing the highest quality possible because your success is their success! With our team on the job, you can rest easy knowing that your house is in good hands.
