I don't think it's fair to put brick and stone together like that. I personally live in France, where we have lots of old house made of stone, and they have a w

I don't think it's fair to put brick and stone together like that. I personally live in France, where we have lots of old house made of stone, and they have a way better thermal insulation that houses made of brick, at least on my subjective "is it fresh in summer inside?" scale. > Brick and stone homes are absolute energy guzzlers both in hot summers and cold winters. That is not my experience, but a difference is maybe in how we heat things. This article about local heating explains my philosophy pretty well: https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/03/local-heating.html https://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2015/03/local-heating.html When it's cold, I tend to stay in the room where my computer is and wear a jacket. I do think that it's possible due to how Europe and especially France has a more temperate climate than the US though. > wood construction has a ton of advantages. Not only is it less expensive to build The comparaison doesn't really hold as in Europe it's easier to leverage old houses, due to the history of Europe. I don't think any new houses are made of stone. It's really nice to have people like you point out misconceptions that Europeans can have, but please remember than you can have misconceptions too, and that Europe as a whole (like the US) is very large and has different climates. Not everything you said will hold in France, Spain, Ukraine, Greece, Norway.