Comments on: Just Cool It! 7 Tips for Saving Money With Your Air Conditioner http://showmethegreen.ca/how-to-guides/save-energy-water-at-home/just-cool-it-7-tips-for-saving-money-with-your-air-conditioner/ Canadian grants and rebates for home improvement and vehicles Mon, 06 Sep 2010 19:35:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Melanie http://showmethegreen.ca/how-to-guides/save-energy-water-at-home/just-cool-it-7-tips-for-saving-money-with-your-air-conditioner/comment-page-1/#comment-10984 Melanie Sun, 30 May 2010 12:15:13 +0000 http://showmethegreen.ca/how-to-guides/save-energy-water-at-home/just-cool-it-7-tips-for-saving-money-with-your-air-conditioner/#comment-10984 Using fans to supplement......I heard that fans are only good when you're actually in the room - i.e., they don't really cool anything off, just create a nice breeze for us human beings. Is that right? If so, then we should only have them on when we're in the room/at home. That said, if they were are the top of the stairs, would they help to push the warm air down???? Using fans to supplement……I heard that fans are only good when you’re actually in the room – i.e., they don’t really cool anything off, just create a nice breeze for us human beings. Is that right? If so, then we should only have them on when we’re in the room/at home. That said, if they were are the top of the stairs, would they help to push the warm air down????

]]> By: Mark http://showmethegreen.ca/how-to-guides/save-energy-water-at-home/just-cool-it-7-tips-for-saving-money-with-your-air-conditioner/comment-page-1/#comment-10692 Mark Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:27:56 +0000 http://showmethegreen.ca/how-to-guides/save-energy-water-at-home/just-cool-it-7-tips-for-saving-money-with-your-air-conditioner/#comment-10692 Good point, Dennis! Thanks for noticing that - we made the change. Mark Good point, Dennis! Thanks for noticing that – we made the change.

Mark

]]> By: Dennis Stimson http://showmethegreen.ca/how-to-guides/save-energy-water-at-home/just-cool-it-7-tips-for-saving-money-with-your-air-conditioner/comment-page-1/#comment-10676 Dennis Stimson Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:50:18 +0000 http://showmethegreen.ca/how-to-guides/save-energy-water-at-home/just-cool-it-7-tips-for-saving-money-with-your-air-conditioner/#comment-10676 "•Lower your thermostat by 4 - 5 degrees Celsius while you're sleeping at night and when no one is at home." Should that not read "raise your thermostat"? “•Lower your thermostat by 4 – 5 degrees Celsius while you’re sleeping at night and when no one is at home.”

Should that not read “raise your thermostat”?

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