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minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days 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-up0·14 days agoBut AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·14 days 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.
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days agothey still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·14 days 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-up0·edit-213 days 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-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·13 days ago In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon Not really… People don’t blast AC to their outdoor porch. AC is everywhere in the US, and we still have plenty of awnings
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)?
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.
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” :-)
Not really… People don’t blast AC to their outdoor porch.
AC is everywhere in the US, and we still have plenty of awnings