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Modeled on man: Breathable skin for buildings
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Good luck with that in Florida. Open a window, it gets hotter.
"Isn’t air conditioning in temperate climates an unnecessary waste of energy? ... wouldn’t it be more efficient to just open a window instead? " Good luck with that in Florida. Open a window, it gets hotter.
"Isn’t air conditioning in temperate climates an unnecessary waste of energy? ... wouldn’t it be more efficient to just open a window instead? " Good luck with that in Florida. Open a window, it gets hotter.
buildings spend energy to cool down/warm up because the outside temperature is unfavorable. Can't see how opening the windows would help
"Isn’t air conditioning in temperate climates an unnecessary waste of energy? ... wouldn’t it be more efficient to just open a window instead? " Good luck with that in Florida. Open a window, it gets hotter.
"Isn’t air conditioning in temperate climates an unnecessary waste of energy? ... wouldn’t it be more efficient to just open a window instead? " Good luck with that in Florida. Open a window, it gets hotter.
In temperate climates, the temperature outside might be just cold enough, but not too cold, that "opening the windows", or something equivalent, might be a viable strategy.
"Isn’t air conditioning in temperate climates an unnecessary waste of energy? ... wouldn’t it be more efficient to just open a window instead? " Good luck with that in Florida. Open a window, it gets hotter.
exactly. the skin doesn't just "breathe", there's energy being spent in order to heat or cool the body down, as a reaction to the enviromental temperature. buildings spend energy to cool down/warm up because the outside temperature is unfavorable. Can't see how opening the windows would help
This is evident by some rooms feeling stuff regardless of open windows and others just downright unfriendly to anything loose. Toss in dark shingles (brown or darker) and a lack of large trees and most modern homes are not really habitable in summer without air conditioning. Fortunately I have ceiling fans in all rooms I spend time in but I wish architects for regular housing would spend more time with making a home livable with natural movement of air.
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"Isn’t air conditioning in temperate climates an unnecessary waste of energy? ... wouldn’t it be more efficient to just open a window instead? " Good luck with that in Florida. Open a window, it gets hotter.
I have no idea how they did it. This was mostly in coastal areas, so there was much wind. But it even worked in inland areas. The windows did not let in much light. There was usually no air conditioning, and inside was generally much cooler than outside.
In any modern buildings, air conditioning was required. I also expect this system might not have held up in the warmest summer months.