On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 8:21:52 PM UTC-7, palsing wrote:
On Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 7:45:30 PM UTC-7, StarDust wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=620omdSZzBs
How do you cool a building without air conditioning?
Using an approach called biomimicry, see how architect Mick Pearce harnessed the ingenuity of termites to design a natural cooling system for the largest commercial building in Zimbabwe.
https://www.permaculturenews.org/2017/07/10/earth-tubes-natural-way-air-condition-home/#:~:text=By%20burying%20a%20long%20portion,surrounding%20soil%20gets%20minimally%20cooler.
As energy prices skyrocketing or even become scares in some parts of the world, this kind of ideas to cool or heat homes become more desirable, I think!
Buildings itself has to be built more energy efficient too.
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