Comment on Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 months agoI haven’t watched the video yet, but vernacular architecture back in the day commonly set shading elements like awnings at the right height/angle such that during midday in the winter, sunlight would still directly go through windows and hit interior floors and walls. During summer, the angle of the sun would be high enough that direct sunlight could not reach windows.
You can get pretty far with just those passive designs. There are tools to help you find the dimensions you’d need based on where you live without having to do any calculations yourself.
Glowstick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
While that may be true, it doesn’t make people want them any more than they currently do. People want to have their full window view available whenever they want it. This means it needs to be retractable and extendable at the push of a button. And once you have that, it’s easy and helpful for it to also be automated
evasive_chimpanzee@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Shade doesn’t have to block any of the view. Many very modern houses with giant windows use these principles.
Glowstick@lemmy.world 5 months ago
View includes being able to see the sky. These permanently block some of the view of the sky.
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
damn, too bad you can’t just like, go outside, or something.
Waraugh@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
People get shot for doing that these days
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
you should try going outside. Might reduce your chances of getting shot from going outside.
Maggoty@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Speak for yourself, I’d rather not have the sun baking me. We don’t have central A/C where I live and we’re not allowed awnings of any kind. So it’s super heavy curtains. I’d jump for any kind of awnings in a second.