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captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 hours agoIn some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon. There’s a technology connections video about them that touches on it
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captainlezbian@lemmy.world 12 hours agoIn some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon. There’s a technology connections video about them that touches on it
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 12 hours ago
But AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
grozzle@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
grozzle@lemmy.zip 8 hours ago
(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 hours ago
Well, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong…
captainlezbian@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Balconies aren’t really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I’m from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they’re mostly used when it’s a bit later so it’s not too bright.