We've had flawless weather over the holidays, but in the last week or so the sun's really started to get furious in the southern states. Unless you already live in a passively-cooled wunderhaus, there's a pretty decent chance you're sitting around the house sweating buckets, thinking of ways get cool... and thankfully we've got plenty of those.

Check out our home cooling guide - lots of advice on things like passive design and efficient cooling, how to choose an airconditioner, how to deal with a broken aircon and so forth. We've also got some advice on things like window film and low-e glass.

Managed to regulate the temperature in your house using some other ingenious method? Tell us about it on Facebook.

Darcy Wilson
Editor - Build
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