| Energy efficient ceiling fans, whether indoors in an | | | | summertime cooling and comfort. |
| air conditioned environment, in your home that | | | | Even if you have an energy efficient air |
| lacks air conditioning or outdoors in the warm | | | | conditioner you can still improve your energy |
| summer air bring cost savings to your home and | | | | profile and cost savings by using ceiling fans. The |
| makes for a more energy efficient house. In case | | | | air conditioner will help control the humidity in the |
| of a home without air conditioning a whole house | | | | home and moving the air slowly will allow you to |
| fan could be an even better choice. This is due to | | | | raise your thermostat and still maintain the same |
| a couple of unique factors and, this may surprise | | | | comfort level. Sine it is more expensive to |
| you, but mainly it is due to how the human body | | | | condition the air than just move it, you will save |
| cools itself. | | | | on your energy bill. Choose an Energy Star rated |
| Our body cools itself through evaporation from | | | | fan or not, you will still be more comfortable while |
| the surface of the skin. This cooling effect can be | | | | using less energy. |
| increased by lowering the humidity in the | | | | So, in summary, use your bodies own cooling |
| environment...why Arizona doesn't feel as hot as | | | | mechanism to your advantage for home energy |
| Louisiana at the same July temperature. This | | | | efficiency by using ceiling fans or a whole house |
| comfort factor can also be increased by the | | | | fan to increase the air's velocity and lower your |
| movement of the air over our skin or the air | | | | energy bill while improving your comfort. The |
| velocity. This is why a whole house fan or ceiling | | | | same principle works out on your deck or patio |
| fan "feels" so good. It is increasing the velocity of | | | | as well with an outdoor ceiling fan, extending the |
| the air as it moves across our skin and improving | | | | days and hours you can spend outdoors in |
| the evaporation effect. It is no different than the | | | | comfort whether by the pool or barbecuing on |
| wind chill factor in winter. We are just using the | | | | the grill. |
| same physical phenomenon to improve our | | | | |