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• Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  But AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?

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  • grozzle@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.

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    • grozzle@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      (hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)

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      • Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Well, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong…

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon

  Not really… People don’t blast AC to their outdoor porch.

  AC is everywhere in the US, and we still have plenty of awnings

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  • captainlezbian@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Both of these are regional. Growing up in Ohio awnings were rare. And in some states ac is more or less common. I know in Washington’s Puget Sound region it’s more or less only in new construction because before the past decade or so it’s been mild all year.

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