Tornare dalle vacanze domani, non sentirti sicuro per le piante di casa.
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di Willing-Departure115
Tornare dalle vacanze domani, non sentirti sicuro per le piante di casa.
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di Willing-Departure115
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They’re really (really) effective at keeping in the heat. Excellent for winter. But we seem to have ignored the fact that climate change will drag up average temperatures during warmer months, making the inside of an A-Rated home a bitch to keep cool. We need houses built with provision for things like shutters to keep the sun from baking us alive through our wonderful triple glazed windows, and other passive methods commonly seen across the continent. Seeing a lot of air conditioning units getting lashed onto a-rated homes, kinda defeating the energy efficiency purpose you’d feel.
Well since A rated houses are the best at keeping heat in, it looks like it’s doing the job.
There is something to be said for having to design to Passiv standards , for it to be Passiv certified proper consideration has to be given to orientation, size of glazing and solar gain.
I work in the area of building energy and thermal comfort and so many of my colleagues who self built or are in estates have huge glazing facing south or west and are roasted out of it at any hint of sun. Their architect gave no consideration to it.
External shading , roof overhangs , mature trees they all act as shade and stop the direct sun from roasting your rooms out of it.
There is more aircon getting installed than ever before in new a rated builds .
Keep your windows and blinds closed during really hot weather. I know it sounds mad but trust me it works. I have a timber frame house with great insulation. Great in the winter but that’s what I do in hot weather.
Yeah don’t think you’ll get much sympathy out here with this.
In 20 years we’ll all be getting retrofitting grants to put air con into our A-Rated-Glass-Box-For-Some-Reason-Houses
Put your heat pump in reverse. Great job.
A-rated house need air conditioning.
Fuck I know this too much, renting an apartment and it’s glass on three sides at the end of the living room. It’s currently 26 degrees apparently in my place according to the Dyson fan
You need more ventilation. Sadly a lot of builders are still doing hole in the wall vents rather than mechanical ventilation throughout.
Air conditioning seems like it would be a great future proof trade to specialize in.
Would nearly consider it as a career change out of IT when the AI axe lands on me.
I presume its just installed by electicians at the moment, or is there an equivalent to the American “HVAC guy” as a trade in ireland?
MHRV
My gaff has all the insulation properties of a cardboard box and the bedroom was at 28C earlier with the window open. It’s a warm day, buy an AC unit if you’re too hot.