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I live in a 200 year old house in Mexico. The walls are half a meter thick. At night we open the windows, which are oriented toward the prevailing winds, and th
by dn3500 5y ago
I live in a 200 year old house in Mexico. The walls are half a meter thick. At night we open the windows, which are oriented toward the prevailing winds, and the house cools down. Mid-morning we close it all up and it stays cool all day. Meanwhile people with modern houses have to run their air conditioning to keep cool.
- grecy 5y agoI saw exactly this in 2000 year old homes in Morocco where the temps are regularly 120F+ in the summer and below freezing at night in the winter. Without need of electricity there absolutely zero issues with heat or cold.
- madengr 5y agoLack of humidity helps.
- sildur 5y agoI have had arguments with Americans who are absolutely convinced that wasting energy in an AC is good and something to be proud of, while opening windows is primitive, and bad. It was funny.
- mcbishop 5y agoPassive solar design is such a beautiful elegant thing. A fun book here is Let it Shine by John Perlin. He shares examples from around the world, over the last 6,000 years.