Dear readers, these days have been relentlessly HOT! When the weather is so hot, it is just so natural for many of us to seek shelters in air-conditioned shopping malls or to simply switch on the air-conditioners at home.
However, the continuous use and reliance on air-conditioning is also not sustainable, from the perspective of our electricity bills. Air-conditioning is one of the energy guzzlers of our home appliances and contributes a key deal to our utility bills.
So, are there any good ways to save on our air con consumption?
Well, for me, there are two methods which I rely on to cut down some of my aircon consumption: Control and Ration.
Control is simply to revisit your aircon remote control and learn how to set the timer. Instead of spending 6 to 8 hours of your sleeping time in air-conditioned setting, why not set a timer to off your air-conditioner in the middle of the night while continuing to have your fan switched on? The rationale of this suggestion is that it will always get cooler into the night.
Second, ration. The afternoons are pretty much hotter than night time. Why not ration some of the hours saved on air-conditioner for sleep overnight with the use of remote control (as per my first suggestion) for about one to two hours of air-con use in the afternoons when you will probably need more cooling for focus at work?
The above two methods are what I practice to cut down the cost of my electrical bills from use of air-con at home in these recent months. Last but not least, I have tried to sleep with air-conditioning these days but this has been challenging.