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To put that into perspective: The AC cools the house using about 3-4kW, total. The roof on the house (assuming 29N because the article is about Houston, so be
by icehawk 2y ago
To put that into perspective:
The AC cools the house using about 3-4kW, total.
The roof on the house (assuming 29N because the article is about Houston, so between 10AM and 2PM, that's a Solar irradiance of 1kW/m^2) is receiving 157.9kW of sunlight, and then absorbing about 85% of that.