Easy and Economical Method to Cool your Home during Summer

1. IS YOUR HOUSE A HOME
OR A STEAMING OVEN?
SKARIA C.D.
Keep Speakers on

2. HEAT INSIDE THE HOUSES IS ONE OF THE ISSUES NOT YET
PROPERLY SOLVED

3. I WILL NARRATE A STORY TO SHOW THE POWER OF HEAT.
IN AN INCIDENT OF COMPETITION VARUNA THE GOD OF WIND AND SURYA
BHAGAWAN EACH CLAIMED TO HAVE SUPERIOR STRENGTH
Surya Bhagawan Varuna The God of wind

4. THEY DECIDED TEST IT ON A MAN WHO CAME HUDDLED IN A BLANKET. THE
COMPETITION WAS WHO CAN BLOW AWAY THE BLANKET FROM THE OLD MAN.
IT WAS VARUNA’S TURN FIRST. HE BLEW SO STRONGLY BUT THE MAN
CLINGS ON TO HIS BLANKET WITHOUT LETTING IT GO.

5. AS SURYA’S TURN CAME HE MERELY TURNED HIS PENETRATING RAYS
ON THE MAN THAT HE THREW AWAY THE BLANKET. SO WE GATHER
WHAT SUN’S HEAT CAN DO TO US.

6. MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE CONVINCED ME THAT COCONUT PITH IS A
BLANKET THE SUN CAN’T DEFEAT. MY EXPERIENCE HAD BEEN SHARED AND
SUBSTANTIATED BY MANY OTHERS WHICH MAKE ME BOLD TO PRESENT
BEFORE YOU MY STUDY ABOUT COCONUT PITH AND HOW IT RELIEVES US
FROM HEAT.
Coconut pith is the most
non- contaminating
Least Expensive
Nature’s own cool cover

7. EVER SINCE MAN APPEARED IN THE GLOBE HIS SEARCH FOR A SWEET
HOME FOR HIM AND HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN CONTINUING WITH LOTS OF
EXPERIMENTS
The cave dweller found the caves as
refuge, the caves guarded him from
sun and the rain but it did not satisfy
other comforts like security, hygiene
& personal privacy
He made houses with clay and
bamboo and for roofs he used leaves
of various trees. The leaves of the tree
gave him shade but they flew off and
caught fire very easily
To overcome he used baked tiles

8. IN THE PROCESS OF CAVE MAN CHANGING INTO MODERN MAN HE
STARTED HAVING MANY POSSESSIONS AND THE CONCRETE CEILING
PROVIDED MORE SECURITY HE WANTED.
But unfortunately the concrete is
very good conductor of heat
For the benefit of security the
modern man has to pay a price -
severe hot temperature inside
the house

9. THE COMFORT ZONE FOR HUMAN BODY IS BETWEEN 27⁰C TO 32⁰ AND
WHEN THE TEMP RISES HIGHER THAN THIS HUMAN BODY FINDS IT VERY
DIFFICULT TO ADJUST AND CARRY OUT NORMAL FUNCTIONS. THE SEVERITY
OF THE TEMP. CAUSES HEAT RELATED ILLNESS LIKE
Boils on faces
Headache
Dehydration
Fatigue

10. HEAT RELATED ILLNESS
Giddiness Thirst Vomiting

11. TO OVERCOME THIS PROBLEM IT IS IDEAL TO KEEP THE TEMP. INSIDE THE
ROOM TO THE MOST CONDUCIVE LIMIT OF ABOUT 32⁰. THIS CAN BE DONE BY
FINDING A GOOD INSULATOR AND THUS PREVENTING THE CONCRETE CEILING
GETTING HEATED.
Because of the severity of
problem many items have
been used like plaited coconut
leaves, coconut shell, coconut
husk (which attracted
centipedes, millipedes and
other crawling creatures and
also gave serious problem in
disposing the whole decayed
materials in the rainy season)
or applying white paint over
the ceiling. But all these
methods did not solve the
problem completely.

12. COCONUT PITH OR COIR PITH CAN BE USED AS AN INSULATING
AGENT AND IT WILL BRING DOWN THE TEMP INSIDE THE HOUSE.
Coconut pith is
now available as
compressed
block of five kilos.
All what you have
to do is to spread
the tarpaulin so
as to avoid any
leakage to the
ceiling.
Place the
coconut pith
briquette over the
tarpaulin and
water over the
briquette and it
will disintegrate
into clay form.
Spread the
coconut pith one
inch thick and
sprinkle water on
it. Cover it with
another sheet so
as to prevent any
evaporation.

13. PROPERTIES OF COCONUT PITH
“The water holding capacity
is 9 times its dry weight in
water. Its sponge like
structure has the ability to
absorb large quantities of
water very quickly but will
not become water clogged
as excess of water drains
away. It has 96% spore
face and this allows water
to drain easily though whilst
preventing water logging
but at the same time
holding maximum amount
of water (78%) in the
sponges which remain
available at low tension.”
It is resistant to
bacteria and fungal
growth, odourless,
free from
pathogens, weeds,
seeds and toxins.
It has naturally high
lignin content which
inhibits bacterial
and fungal
breakdown and
thus allows
biodegrading much
more slowly. It also
contains tannin and
it works against
termite damage.

14. TYPICAL ANALYSIS OF COCONUT PITH
Pore Space. Total 94-97 V/v
Capillary 78-82 V/v
Lignin 65-70 w/w dry basis. Hemicelluloses 7-9 dry basis
Water holding 1603 .72 mhc
=whc (8-9 times of dry weight.
Air filled porosity 10-12 V/v %
PH. 5.9 -6.5
Conductivity 0.2 -0.5 s/cms. Organic Carbon 42-52 w/w

15. THE COIR PITH IS ECO-FRIENDLY AND ENVIRONMENTALLY SAFE,
VERY ECONOMICAL, USER FRIENDLY, MAINTENANCE FREE AND EASILY
DISPOSABLE AND REUSABLE.
When
Nature
cools you
Naturally
Why do
you want
to waste
electricity?

16. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is Coconut pith?
Coconut pith is a waste product produced while coir is manufactured.
Is it available freely?
Yes it is freely available in the coastal regions and being a waste product it
does not have any commercial value.
How does it work?
During summer because of the heat, ceiling gets heated up and when
you switch on the fan it radiates hot wind and thus furniture, bed and
other things get heated up. The temp. Inside the room gets hotter than
the temp. outside. When you put coconut pith as a blanket over the
room it prevents the ceiling getting heated up. The fan gives cool
breeze and thus the temp. cools down inside the room.

17. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What is temperature
inside room when room is
protected by coconut pith
blanket?
It ranges from
between 27⁰c to 32⁰c
same as the temp. in
Dec.

18. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
How do you justify your claim that
don’t buy air conditioner in this
summer, buy blanket instead?
Because the temp. in your room is
as the temp. during month of Dec.
and in Dec. you don’t require air
conditioner and you may use
blanket.

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