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maxintos t1_iwvdlan wrote

Reply to comment by ronnyhugo in Extreme heat will change us by SigmundFreud

This only works because nights get actually cold in Norway and other nordic countries. In most actually hot places it's still +25c or hotter during the night.

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ronnyhugo t1_iwvgnzh wrote

There you'd have the windows closed all the time, and not insulate underneath your house (in Norway we also insulate under the house). The ground under the house is the yearly average temperature (day and night).

Which is also why geothermal will be important. Both as a place to put the heat from the AC, and in colder climates as a way to have a constant temperature to pick up heat from (a heat pump is just an AC unit that has the hot side inside instead of outside).

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Not_invented-Here t1_iwzqgcn wrote

Annual temp of Norway though is a bit different from the tropics which is going to sit around 25-30 C, add in a well insulated place and humidity and I feel its less fun. I don't think the ground insulation or not is going to take away heat fast enough. You're still going to need some form of AC.

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