The Environmentally Friendly Way to Stay Cool

We all know how hot and sticky it can get during the summer months and most of us are guilty of turning on the air conditioning in our homes and offices to try and keep cool or at least be able to live or work in a comfortable climate.

The only problem with using AC is the incredibly high load on the power supply.

AC Energy Consumption

Ventless Portable Air ConditionerA typical family home with AC running in several of the most used rooms in the house can be consuming 10kW or more. That can run into many hundreds of dollars in additional utility demands when the summer is over and cause major headaches for moms and dads trying to balance the household budget.

But worse still is the less realized impact on the environment when not just one house is consuming all that additional electricity to keep its occupants cool, but thousands in every town. It’s no wonder there are constant brown outs and blackouts through summer as the energy companies literally run out of power to supply the increased demand.

To produce the additional electricity to keep us all conveniently comfortable, huge volumes of non-renewable fuels must be used up in the form of, for example oil, coal and natural gas to keep the generators turning. Not to mention the need for nuclear power stations to take up the extra load and all the additional air pollution that the increased power generating produces.

Environmentally Friendly Cooling

But there is a much more ecologically sound way to produce the cool air we crave inside when it gets too hot outside. Evaporative coolers are vent free (see: ventlessportableairconditioner.intervalinc.com) and are capable of maintaining a comfortable interior temperature in areas that have low humidity and they run at a fraction of the energy consumption that air conditioning uses.

The power needed to run an evaporative cooler can be as little as 1/20th that used by a comparable AC unit!

Just imagine if not just one home made the change to evaporative cooling, but thousands of homes in towns where the climate is hot and dry. That saving can mean a huge load off the minds of cash strapped families who can benefit from much lower utility bills, while the power companies can reduce the amount of electricity they need to generate to supply the grid.

The less electricity generated, the less fossil fuel is needed to produce it, the lower the air pollution levels and the better all round for the environment. It makes sense so all we need to do now is educate people to stop relying so heavily on air conditioners in areas where they can switch to evaporative cooling technology.

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