Keeping Your Apartment Cool

Your apartment should be a place where you can cool off when it's hot outside. Here are some tips on how to succeed

in keeping your apartment as cool as you need it to be. If you've got one or more air-conditioning units in your apartment, have you looked at the settings? Chances are, your units have more than just an on-off switch. Settings such as fan speed, auto, and timer can help cool your apartment more efficiently, which means lower electricity bills. Here are some suggestions that require little time or effort:

• Close or open windows, depending on outdoor temps
• Keep the sunlight out
• Set your ceiling fan to cool
• Move furniture away from air-conditioning units
• Check the fan speed option on your unit
• Look at the direction of the vents in your apartment
• Inspect your unit filters
• See if your unit has a timer to only cool at certain time of day