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The UK experienced its hottest day on record on Tuesday, with temperatures reaching over 40C before 1pm.
But, a heated debate is “exploding” in recent days, should the windows be open or closed and what about the curtains?
As our homes get hotter the temptation is to open a window but, conversely, Dr Andrew Shea, a senior lecturer in building physics at the University of Bath’s department of architecture and civil engineering, argues that all this is wrong.
If it is colder inside than outside, you should keep the windows closed. While it’s easy to imagine that widening your windows might invite a nice cool breeze, in all likelihood, you’ll just be letting warm air in, making your living space even hotter.
If you have a shady area at the back of the house, for example, you may be able to open a window there but generally, you shouldn’t open the windows.
Dr. Shea agrees that the time for open windows is overnight.
You can download apps that will tell you the temperature inside and outside, so you can understand it more scientifically, but at night, you can easily open the windows and get some fresh air.
Meanwhile, we recall that 19 European countries are on alert of extreme danger from fires, in a space that extends from Portugal and Spain in the southwest to Albania and Turkey in the southeast, according to the European Forest Fire Information System.
As Europe’s heat wave moves eastward, fires have forced tens of thousands of people to leave their homes, covering parts of Italy, France, Spain, Portugal and Greece with smoke./ Top Albania Radio
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