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Glass walls are rarely that enjoyable, even on the inside. You need to set the glass back from direct sun to get indirect light or you end up with a solar oven
by carsongross 10y ago
Glass walls are rarely that enjoyable, even on the inside. You need to set the glass back from direct sun to get indirect light or you end up with a solar oven, and a huge amount of air conditioning to deal with it.
They do photograph well and win you architectural awards, however.
- nl 10y agoThere are solutions to this, though. Shading glass surfaces and double glazing work well.
- adrianratnapala 10y agoWouldn't double-glazing just make the greenhouse problem worse?
- robin_reala 10y agoNot necessarily - you can get low emissivity windows: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_emissivity#Low-emissivity_windows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Low_emissivity#Low-emissivity_...
- hx87 10y agoIt wouldn't, since each layer of glazing reduces the amount of solar energy that arrives inside the window, and energy loss from buildings is an overwhelmingly convective and conductive phenomenon.