When it comes to lowering the temperature inside your home a few degrees, nothing’s as reliable and effective as installing a programmable thermostat to manage your air conditioner. But if you’re looking to cool down a single room, here are a few other effective and efficient options.

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Ceiling fan: While the A/C is the best way to cool off your entire home, the ceiling fan is the most efficient way to cool off a single room by a couple of degrees. Running a ceiling fan instead of your air conditioner during the warm months can save up to 40 percent on energy costs. Outdoor ceiling fans are another way to stay cool in the evenings and can allow you to make better use of an enclosed porch during the hottest months of the year.

The Hunter Bayview is an excellent choice for a decorative ceiling fan

Ceiling fans from Hunter and Casablanca combine high-quality functionality with eye-pleasing designs, from contemporary, traditional, and transitional. With indoor and outdoor ceiling fans in their arsenals, you’ll find no finer fixture for the value.

Air circulator: We simply called these “fans” when I was a kid. Of course, 30 years ago, ceiling fans weren’t as popular as they were today, so there was no reason to make the distinction.

Wow, retro cool with the Fanimation Fargo table fan

But companies like Air King have helped to elevate the profile of air circulators. They’re portable, powerful, and efficient (again, think Air King). They can even be functional pieces of art (thank you, Fanimation). But most of all, they do the job of cooling off a specific living space.

Window fan: Like air circulators, window fans are amazingly effective at cooling down a room or smaller living space. And once again, Air King is at the top of the food chain for window fans.

Just try to find a more powerful window fan. At 3500 CFM, this is certainly the KING!

These are beginning to take the place of swamp coolers and window air conditioners, and with their more efficient and reliable designs, it’s a positive change. Window fans, like ceiling fans and air circulators, are powerful and effective ways to cool down a room, especially in the warm months ahead.

Until next time, Happy Home Improving!

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