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[–] mech@feddit.org 50 points 6 days ago (3 children)

When my wife and I were looking for a home, our main priority was actually that it's "climate proof".
We found a souterrain apartment facing east, on top of a hill, far from any rivers or forest.
So it stays cool in the summer even without A/C, and is unlikely to flood or get caught in a forest fire.

[–] chocrates@piefed.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] mech@feddit.org 30 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

A fancy French word for basement.

Actually a floor that's halfway between street level and basement.
So it's possible to build normal windows into it, but they're very low to (or slightly below) the ground outside.

[–] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 9 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The only issue you can have is high humidity/mold due to the high temperature difference in summer but that can usually be adressed with proper ventilation at night.

[–] synapse1278@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago

A fancy French word for basement. It's just a regular french word.

Cul-de-basse-fausse, that would be a fancy french word !

[–] ZkhqrD5o@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago (4 children)

I have a dislike souterrain flats, because while they keep cool in summer, in winter it's a heatsink radiating away all the heat you pay for, even with modern insulation. At least my experience.

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[–] belluck@lemmy.blahaj.zone 41 points 6 days ago (4 children)

Tonight it cooled down to 19°C where I live. I opened all windows at about 10pm, when the room thermometer measured 31°C in the living room.

When I woke up at 7 it was still 26°C inside.

This is bullshit

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

If your place is designed to retain heat that's all their is to it.

My place in Germany it was much cooler on hotter days earlier in the heatwave. Today is the coolest day of the heatwave so far, but the building has heated up too much over the previous days. So now it stays hot. By the end of the week I expect this room to be an oven

[–] dismay3915@lemmy.world 10 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I'm tempted to make a joke about a german and an oven room but I won't.

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[–] abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone 35 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Every summer, Europeans literally migrate to the hottest parts of Europe. Greece, Spain, Italy, you name it.

Do not underestimate us.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (6 children)

I am going to fly to Finland ;)

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[–] JelleWho@lemmy.world 46 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (6 children)

For anyone looking for some cheap help tips:

  1. Block the sun from comming in, by hanging a curtain or bed sheets on the outside of the window. Of course real shutters would be even better, but price and time wise this gets you there.

  2. Close your windows in the morning BEFORE 8:30 or so. Open then after 20:00 BUT ONLY iit's colder outside. Keep them open during the night. You can not cool a house down with warm air. Yes it's warm inside, but it's even hotter outside so opening a window during the day does not help you. If you like a breeze, buy a fan

[–] Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 22 points 6 days ago (1 children)

We do nr 2 (we have a store for nr 1 + sort of blinders), we got the temp at only 28-29°C.

Outside:

[–] Chee_Koala@lemmy.world 17 points 6 days ago

Holy fucksticks, 47..... Good luck out there

[–] arrow74@lemmy.zip 12 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

That's the thing I can't get my german roommates to understand they keep opening the windows in common areas when it's the peak heat of the day.

Sorry guys lüften can't fix everything

[–] HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works 9 points 6 days ago

I'm in the attic so all heat goes to my room; I need to keep the shades down 95% but leave the window open so the heat can escape and air can circulate.

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[–] MrChewy@lemmy.world 30 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Holy shit, is this the moment where our balkan mud and straw houses just win? Finally, the punishment of our oppressors that was promised to us at battle of kosovo has come!! (/j ofc)

[–] Jyrdano@lemmy.world 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

We have bought reconstructed late 19th century house - all ground floor, with 1m thick stone/brick walls - here in Czechia. Even without air conditioning the temperature inside never gets above 23 degrees C even in the middle of summer. Its great. Bitch to heat though.

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[–] davetortoise@reddthat.com 26 points 6 days ago

get small towel/flannel

soak in water and squeeze out until damp but not dripping

drape over your shoulders close to your neck

this directly cools your carotid and jugular, tricking your brain into thinking it's colder than it is as well as cooling the rest of your body

[–] mtpender@piefed.social 24 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Australians:

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Protip: Take a shirt and wet it down, then wear it and sit in front of a fan. It works like an air cooler. The evaporation draws the heat out of your body and the fan turbo-charges this process.

[–] dsilverz@catodon.rocks 50 points 6 days ago (1 children)

As a Brazilian who's also experienced with a hot climate, I'd say this would work if anthropogenic climate change weren't leading to... wet bulb... high temperatures. When current temperatures are 40°C and the air's relative humidity is practically 100%, no amount of wetting or sweating will get rid of the warmth, because evaporation can't happen when the air is already saturated.

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[–] mtpender@piefed.social 24 points 6 days ago

Good point, I suppose the Aussie solution works best in a hot and DRY climate.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 18 points 6 days ago

I feel like I've seen this headline every year for half a decade.

Time to put those heat pumps to use, we are not doing anything about climate change so it's the new normal.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 16 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Meanwhile I'm living in the basement of a couple who thinks an appropriate temperature is like 65f freezing my nuts off all summer.

[–] heythatsprettygood@feddit.uk 18 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (2 children)

~18 degrees Celsius

When can I move in? /s

but seriously that's my ideal temperature year round, much to the chagrin of anyone else when I get a hotel room with AC

[–] CyberTheProtogen@lemmy.zip 15 points 6 days ago

We got Mr blanket-for-skin over here

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[–] gerryflap@feddit.nl 15 points 6 days ago

I had ordered an airco before this madness started, but unfortunately the had to order it and it hasn't arrived yet. It has been hot for days already, it'll be 35 or higher the next 4 days, and I live under an almost flat, black roof with the sun on my the entire day. There will be no eepy sleepy time

[–] cheat700000007@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Welcome to Canada 2021, where I thought the forecast was a typo

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[–] WorldsDumbestMan@lemmy.today 5 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Funny, I have air conditioning, but my crazy parents say it's bad for you.

Guess I'll just forget about sleep.

[–] kuerbiskernoel@feddit.org 7 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I don't but my house is isolated. Windows open in the night, closed during daytime. Works perfectly.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The problem now, is that it's hot at nights. You open windows at night, and let 29 degree air in, and there is nothing to cool it down.

[–] Jiral@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

It really depends where you are and also if you are in a dense city or on the countryside. Climate Change has made an impact on that as well.

[–] MBech@feddit.dk 3 points 5 days ago

I'm in Scandinavia and melt at roughly 20°C. Whenever we get 25-30°C at night I sleep with a freezer pack. Just cuddling that thing until it's warm, then go to the freezer and replace it a few times per night.

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[–] FishFace@piefed.social 11 points 6 days ago (8 children)

Houses that trap heat also trap cool air.

People who say their well-insulated house "traps heat" are probably keeping their windows open in the hottest part of the day.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 16 points 6 days ago (7 children)

Even with all the windows and blinds closed, the temperature of the house still gets warm. Then it's hard to expel that heat before the next day, so it gets even warmer.

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[–] Thorry@feddit.org 12 points 6 days ago (2 children)

This is simply not true. Many Europeans have windows specifically designed to let infrared radiation in, but block it on the way out. So as soon as any sun hits any window, that's a lot of heat coming in and not going out. Very nice when it's cold, but not as good when it's hot. Most people have blinds and curtains on the inside, which doesn't help. I have blinds on the south side which are closed, but the rest of the house only has blinds on the inside. So for a lot of hours in the day heat does get in.

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[–] RVGamer06@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago

i do use the AC a lot u know >:|

[–] stickyprimer@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago
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