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minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·17 hours agoIn some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon. There’s a technology connections video about them that touches on it
minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up9·17 hours agoBut AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·17 hours agothey still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·13 hours ago(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-210 hours agoWell, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall too, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong… [Edit] Only slightly off topic here: I can recommend Larry Niven’s short story “Inconstant Moon” :-)
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·14 hours agoBalconies aren’t really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I’m from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they’re mostly used when it’s a bit later so it’s not too bright.
In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon. There’s a technology connections video about them that touches on it
But AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
Well, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall too, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong…
[Edit]
Only slightly off topic here: I can recommend Larry Niven’s short story “Inconstant Moon” :-)
Balconies aren’t really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I’m from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they’re mostly used when it’s a bit later so it’s not too bright.