• tal@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    south facing windows. That little apartment turned into an oven in the summer.

    Can try something like this:

    https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/home-window-solutions-us/solutions/temperature-control/

    It’s an infrared-reflective film you can put on your windows.

    Or if you have the windows open, slatted shutters or a slatted screen.

    I’m assuming that in the Netherlands, it’s humid in summer, so probably can’t use an evaporative cooler; that might be useful somewhere like Madrid.

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      Ah that’s pretty cool. Fortunately we don’t have that issue in our new place but I’d definitely keep that in mind if we moved somewhere not so ideal in the future