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Zipitydew ,

Better idea. They’re called trees.

pearsaltchocolatebar ,

Our house has a pretty big roof overhang, and it definitely does keep things cooler.

The downside is that the house is pretty dim.

manualoverride ,

I’ve been planning for the last year some eco home upgrades, and awnings on the south facing windows are high on the list. With so many possible upgrades and so little money it’s difficult to know what to do first.

Bahnd ,

Eccentric midwestern home owner has strong opinions about home designs, news at 11. I love his channel, did you see his trilogy about oil lamps?

mesamunefire OP ,

Yes and his dish washer video was awesome as well. Agreed great channel.

magnetosphere ,
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“Fun fact: the Sun is extremely powerful.”

Bahahahaha! I like this guy.

protist ,

Dude, check out his channel. A wealth of knowledge and laughs

Glowstick , (edited )

Make them better looking and push-button retractable from inside, and people will want them.

EDIT

At 16:40 he suggests high tech awnings that automatically unfurl and retract to provide the ideal amount of shade on each day of the year. Seems like a nearly perfect solution to me

evasive_chimpanzee ,

I 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.

solarvector ,

I don’t think the look good.

And literally never thought about it more than that.

So people may not really know what they’re for, just that they’re “old-fashioned”. Not sure how to make them trendy but that seems to be a deciding factor in how people invest in their homes. Maybe sell them with “live laugh love” printed on the front with wine bottles dangling from the corners?

NegativeInf ,

Just start doing it and brag about your electric bill going down. Eventually others will do the same for the same reason. Then it becomes a trend for being a thing people are doing.

That which is old is new again.

meleecrits ,
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They definitely make a house look dated. I doubt this would pass the wife test for most people. I know my wife wouldn’t like them, and we’re all about saving energy.

NataliePortland ,
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Same here. But make it with like jute and bamboo with a thin gold trim and she would buy 2

baggins ,

Make them out of eco friendly bamboo slats and 36-in long sections of galvanized square steel, sell it flat packed on Amazon and people will go crazy for it

Teknikal ,

I’m Suprised people don’t just paint everything white in really hot countries. I’ve always felt that would probably help a lot.

True it would probably look bad a lot quicker.

NegativeInf ,

If I could find it and it was as durable as regular paint, I would paint everything that white that converts visible light into infrared that isn’t blocked by the atmosphere. Yeet that heat right the fuck back into space damnit!

Pirky , (edited )
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That reminds me of the barium sulfate paint that was discovered a couple years ago. It’s so incredibly good at reflecting/moving heat that it could even cool whatever it’s painted on. I’ll have to find a source on this again…

Edit: Here’s one video where they talk about it.

NegativeInf ,

That video was exactly what I was referring to. Lol.

evasive_chimpanzee ,

NightHawkInLight has a bunch of videos on making it

isles ,

The climate change slogan that works: “Yeet the heat!”

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