Staying cool

[thebratqueen]

Now that summer heat is hitting some of us, I thought it might be a good idea to do a thread dedicated to ways to keep cool while still keeping the energy bill down.

Obviously the big one is the AC. If you have one, great, but it can be an energy hog. So what are ways to avoid using it?

Comments

[taffimai]

This is going to sound odd, but when I didn't have A/C, I would sleep with ice packs in my bed, so that I could stay cool enough to sleep. Rolling over created "oh, cold!" issues, but it let me sleep for most of the night.