Gas and oil prices are skyrocketing! As I write this, gas is over three dollars per gallon at the pumps here in California. What next? We can all expect to see rising electricity rates from our utility providers this upcoming summer, it is inevitable. What does this mean to the average homeowner running their air conditioning units? Higher utility bills over the summer months.

How can one reduce, if not eliminate these higher air conditioning costs? The answer is a whole house fan. A whole house fan is not air conditioning; it does not cool the air. Rather a whole house fan, can be very effective at cooling your home when outside air temperatures are cooler than the temperatures inside your home. Like during evening and early morning hours.

A whole house fan works by bringing cooler outside air into your home. A whole house fan is installed in your attic, mounted onto the ceiling. A small hole is cut into the ceiling and a grill is placed over the hole from inside your living area (it looks like an air conditioning return grill). When turned on the whole house fan creates a negative pressure in your living area, opening windows will cause the cooler outside air to flow into your home, cooling your living area. But that