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Depending on how bad of a problem it is, one can get the glass coated to reflect infrared, and that heating issue is cut down dramatically.
by _aavaa_ 2y ago
Depending on how bad of a problem it is, one can get the glass coated to reflect infrared, and that heating issue is cut down dramatically.
- marcosdumay 2y agoThat will reduce the size of the problem, but infrared reflective windows will still accept much more heat than some well-insulating concrete.
- rurban 2y agoWell-insulated concrete doesn't scale to towers. Well-insulated metal panels do scale or just coated glass. That's what we do as architects. And ornaments and post-modernist jokers like this guy can go with Adolf Loos https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament_and_Crime https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ornament_and_Crime
- _aavaa_ 2y agoSure but well-insulated concrete doesn’t transmit much visible light.