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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

I_LOVE_VEKOMA_SLC ,

Very dry laughs. And alliteration.

Snowpix ,
@Snowpix@lemmy.ca avatar

And latent heat.

felbane ,

And the magic of buying two of them!

Zomg ,

I heard that the sun is a deadly laser, ya learn something new all the time

echodot ,

Not anymore

Devorlon ,

there’s a blanket

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.

Glowstick ,

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

Maggoty ,

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.

KillingTimeItself ,

People want to have their full window view available whenever they want it.

damn, too bad you can’t just like, go outside, or something.

Waraugh ,

People get shot for doing that these days

KillingTimeItself ,

you should try going outside. Might reduce your chances of getting shot from going outside.

evasive_chimpanzee ,

Shade doesn’t have to block any of the view. Many very modern houses with giant windows use these principles.

Glowstick ,

View includes being able to see the sky. These permanently block some of the view of the sky.

Evotech ,

It’s expensive. I got quoted 10k for 4 windows

ladicius ,

Better quality of living (in the long run even living longer) and less energy consumption on the AC may change that calculation.

echodot ,

You can buy them off the shelf and then put them up yourself. Of course then you have to calculate the amount of pain it’ll be to put them up and the fact that it’ll never be as good as getting it done by professional. Plus in my case they’ll be a lot less blood involved.

10 grand does seem like a lot of money though. How large are your windows?

TheIllustrativeMan ,

This is the real reason they disappeared - awnings cost money and don’t increase square footage. That’s also why every modern building is a boring box.

We didn’t forget about them, it’s still covered in architecture school. You can even make them look really cool. But they cost money, and that’s a hard barrier to cross.

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 ,
@meleecrits@lemmy.world avatar

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 ,
@NataliePortland@lemmy.ca avatar

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

KillingTimeItself ,

it wouldn’t pass the wife test, but a cooler home and less expensive electricity bill would likely pass the wife test.

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

marx2k ,

“The lake is that way”

“Gather”

“Eat”

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!”

moistclump ,

I wanna chant at rallies: “Yeet that Heat! Yeet that Heat!”

Maggoty ,

Oh they do. It’s just the hot areas in developed countries that pretend they shouldn’t be using white paint.

KillingTimeItself ,

always been confused why roofing in the NA area is often black, or close to black, it simply doesn’t help anybody.

evasive_chimpanzee ,

It’s cause they are built from petroleum

blueeggsandyam ,

I don’t know for sure but I assume of it is because light roofs require more maintenance to look as nice. Nothing shows up on a dark brown or black roof. A white or light grey would show dirt and debris. I don’t want to waste my time washing my roof because my HOA doesn’t like the way it looks.

KillingTimeItself ,

i guess so? But a dark grey roof is already literally made from asphalt. It can’t look much worse that proto road material.

Even then you could easily do a brighter grey color. Doesn’t have to be white, but nearly every roof i ever see is either black, some variant of a dark color. Not a lighter grey or red, those are lot less common.

smort ,
@smort@lemmy.world avatar

Also, the color doesn’t make that much of a difference. Like a percentage you can count on one hand. Much more significant gains can be had from ridge vents and other ways of getting the heat out of the attic, and insulation to keep that heat from going into the house.

At least according to my acquaintance in the roofing industry, and obvs this is regarding typical US/Canada SFHs

KillingTimeItself ,

i could see the utility in it providing natural drafting for ventilation, but honestly, with the advent of modern homes moving towards insulated attics and loft spaces, that’s definitely the correct choice.

halferect ,

That combined with building materials, where I live we build out of Adobe and my house stays warm in winter and cool in summer, the outside looks like mud smeared on the walls.

echodot ,

Don’t you have to pay subscription fee now though?

Freefall ,

I am going to upvotes this … But I won’t be happy about it…

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