The Loughborough University team says shaded homes could be six degrees cooler than exposed homes.

The Loughborough University team says shaded homes could be six degrees cooler than exposed homes. God that sounds good right now

  • myrmidex@belgae.socialEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    oh, to let hot air flow up? So your attic is cool?

    Seems the opposite of my situation: I would open it to draw the hot air out so it stops warming the rooms beneath after the sun is down. 😀

    • manualoverride@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      22 days ago

      Attic is hot too but it’s well ventilated, hot air rises so allowing airflow from the house up into the attic means cool air is drawn in through the windows as hot air escapes up into the loft and out through the vents.

      • mojofrododojo@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        22 days ago

        yep. houses with attic fans and flow-through layouts were hella popular in the early 1900s-1940s. you could open some windows and doors front and back and let air move, and an attic fan would keep it from getting too hot and aid airflow at night.

        same thing with covered patios (my grandfather grew up in places like singapore, the philippines and oklahoma where you’d sleep on the patios under large ceiling fans) - we sealed everything up when AC came along and forgot how to do shit.