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This summer I experimented with a waterbottle hack (if you will).

Where I live winters are usually somewhat cold, but houses are more or less well insulated and heating is widely available. However, summers have become quite warm nowadays and there are very strict rules around installing AC.

Thus, I was thinking if a water bottle can keep me warm, perhaps it could also cool me down?

So what I do is put a handful of ice cubes into water and then fill that into my water bottle. Although last summer was not the best for a test it worked quite well. I got through a full workday (~30°) with 2 bottles.

I'm aware that using my fridge does contribute to some degree to the heat in the apartment. But given the little amount of ice needed I'm pretty sure its negligible and certainly more efficient than AC. I also want to note that it is way more comfortable (at least to me) than having these humidified ventilators that are quite popular nowadays.