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Us in the tropical region, we are usually fine around the low-30s and even higher as long as there's fans. Most of the public schools in our country have ceilin

Us in the tropical region, we are usually fine around the low-30s and even higher as long as there's fans. Most of the public schools in our country have ceiling fans and large open windows so that air could circulate better. I blame Westerners' addiction to air-conditioning for their low tolerance in temperature (which is by the way, further fueling the climate crisis).

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deadbunny 4y ago
The problem is that western buildings for the most part are not designed for those temperatures in mind, we were more concerned with keeping heat in historically.
Dudeman112 4y ago
>I blame Westerners' addiction to air-conditioning for their low tolerance in temperature Western Europeans at least either have decent tolerance to high temperature, or have low tolerance due to the weather itself being colder Sauce: spent the first 25 years of my life in a tropical country, then moved to north-ish of England. My tolerance to high temperatures got way, way lower and the only place I've been with AC were a couple of car rides Air conditioning was far more common back home
gyaru 4y ago
> Westerners' addiction to air-conditioning for their low tolerance You're aware that barely anyone in Europe even own AC-units?
- sph 4y ago
  Europe is big and spans many latitudes. Not many AC units here in UK, they're quite common in Italy.
- 988747 4y ago
  But we spent most of our days in offices with AC.
- baud147258 4y ago
  In Europe, nearly all offices have AC units, same in all malls, in many public transportation, shops, restaurants, many cars...
  - ubercow13 4y ago
    Many offices require AC because of their design; they are huge glass greenhouses. Meanwhile in homes, almost no one has AC, at least in the UK.
rusticpenn 4y ago
The focus of western architecture has always been to retain heat inside to make it comfortable in winter. This gives a lot of problems in the new Summers that we are seeing.
- M0r13n 4y ago
  Heat Pumps could help here in the long term. Once I am able to build my own house, I am going to add floor heating and a heat pump. During winter it will heaten the place and during summer I can use the same pipes to pipe cool water around the house. Therefore, I will have a warm place during winter and a fresh place during summer.

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deadbunny 4y ago

The problem is that western buildings for the most part are not designed for those temperatures in mind, we were more concerned with keeping heat in historically.

Dudeman112 4y ago

>I blame Westerners' addiction to air-conditioning for their low tolerance in temperature Western Europeans at least either have decent tolerance to high temperature, or have low tolerance due to the weather itself being colder Sauce: spent the first 25 years of my life in a tropical country, then moved to north-ish of England. My tolerance to high temperatures got way, way lower and the only place I've been with AC were a couple of car rides Air conditioning was far more common back home

gyaru 4y ago

> Westerners' addiction to air-conditioning for their low tolerance You're aware that barely anyone in Europe even own AC-units?

sph 4y ago
Europe is big and spans many latitudes. Not many AC units here in UK, they're quite common in Italy.
988747 4y ago
But we spent most of our days in offices with AC.
baud147258 4y ago
In Europe, nearly all offices have AC units, same in all malls, in many public transportation, shops, restaurants, many cars...
- ubercow13 4y ago
  Many offices require AC because of their design; they are huge glass greenhouses. Meanwhile in homes, almost no one has AC, at least in the UK.

rusticpenn 4y ago

The focus of western architecture has always been to retain heat inside to make it comfortable in winter. This gives a lot of problems in the new Summers that we are seeing.

M0r13n 4y ago
Heat Pumps could help here in the long term. Once I am able to build my own house, I am going to add floor heating and a heat pump. During winter it will heaten the place and during summer I can use the same pipes to pipe cool water around the house. Therefore, I will have a warm place during winter and a fresh place during summer.