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UncleYimbo t1_iuswg60 wrote

And most of Europe has basically no air conditioning to speak of. Bad bad situation.

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El_grandepadre t1_iutuohh wrote

It also comes down to a lot of people not knowing how to keep the hot air out of their buildings.

I close my windows at 9-10 AM and keep most of the sunlight out when it's hot. It didn't go past 25C even when it was 38-40C outside and haven't felt the need to use an AC this year.

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somefool t1_iuva6rh wrote

I have eight west facing windows in my 40m2 studio under the roof. Even blocking the windows with cardboard and foil barely helps during heatwaves. Amazing strategy you have, I wish it would work.

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sawyouoverthere t1_iuvan8m wrote

It’s not the windows. It’s the rest of the building. You probably don’t have decent insulation

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somefool t1_iuvbqui wrote

Yeah. Belgium and its 1950's built houses. I kind of took offense at the previous commenter's "lol close your windows, easy peasy" approach.

The windows do not help tho. They radiate heat, you can feel it holding your hand 10cm away.

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sawyouoverthere t1_iuve1hq wrote

Covered is better then not, though I’ve read foil is not good for windows when used on the inside but if the building is poorly built/insulated/designed it’s always going to be difficult at extremes of weather either direction

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Benouamatis t1_iutrd5m wrote

Air con for ? Polluting more ?

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Ganon_Cubana t1_iutrwcp wrote

For staying cool when it gets hot. You shouldn't just jump into warm weather if you aren't used to it.

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UncleYimbo t1_iutsjmm wrote

Of course not. Is that a serious question?

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sawyouoverthere t1_iuvakzt wrote

Whether or not it is, that’s the reality.

People push back against new building codes and the last time I was in a thread that talked about the lack of insulation it was blindingly clear many European commenters didn’t have the first clue why that mattered for hot weather as well as cold (“it’s for keeping the heat in…”) and just wanted A/C regardless that the shitty insulation makes that grossly inefficient.

A/C is extremely energy demanding and yes, in most cases, that’s pollution generating

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Benouamatis t1_iuwhkns wrote

@uncleYimbo must be from the us … air con is the most stupid solution to fight climate change, unless you re from the us 😝 as an European growing up in a southern city of France , we never had air con and to be honest we hate it . I ve put air con in the house cause it s rented out in the summer and Asian/us renter just can’t live without it .

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