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during the day, trees provide significant shade by intercepting solar radiation, reducing mean radiant temperature (up to 16 °C) Sadly they work the opposite w
by bmacho 1y ago
during the day, trees provide significant shade by intercepting solar radiation, reducing mean radiant temperature (up to 16 °C)
Sadly they work the opposite way at night, they don't allow SPACE to cool the ground. A textil/plastic plate moved automatically can provide more cold, if that's the goal.
- gsf_emergency_2 1y agoTo me what seems too good to be possible is the triple combo of shade, radiative cooling, and water harvesting Only ambient sunlight needed here, but they'd have to make the panels horizontal (indeed, curtained at night like you say) somehow: https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/mits-high-tech-hydrogel-window-pulls-clean-drinking-water-from-dry-desert-air/ https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/mits-high-tech-hydroge... Edit I guess the low-maintenance option might be some kind of giant variegated Madagascan succulent
- bobthepanda 1y agoIt really depends on how broad and high the tree canopy is; you don’t need super high tree density to provide a lot of shade. The main benefit over other solutions is that properly selected trees require very little upkeep from humans, unlike anything mechanical or requiring movement. Though I imagine that is less the case in Vegas.