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Sure... but in hotter climates, clothing and buildings are better geared for it - white for reflectivity, through-draughts, hard floors, etc. In northern Europe
by mft_ 7y ago
Sure... but in hotter climates, clothing and buildings are better geared for it - white for reflectivity, through-draughts, hard floors, etc. In northern Europe housing is generally set up to cope with cold winters.
- antisthenes 7y agoThere are design patterns that are beneficial regardless of temperatures - high thermal mass (smooth out the extremes), reversible blinds (black/white) - control extra solar power coming into your home. Besides, Europe is not such a small place either. Many houses in the South are geared towards hotter weather and have the the features you described. They also get notoriously cold in case there's a cold snap, since they aren't insulated very well.
- AstralStorm 7y agoThese things are not free, you know. Especially thermal mass which requires thick walls or essentially heat exchangers. And solar is kind of hard to put on walls of a building you do not own.
- antisthenes 7y agoI don't think I ever made the claim they were free. There's nothing free in life, so making a statement like that is not really productive.