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i don't see us making much headway on overheating in cities when we effectively have no solar protection industry outside of 'street trees'
businessinsider.com/heatwave-miami…
businessinsider.com/heatwave-miami…
there's a whole ecosystem of solar protection in the EU that starts with first keeping solar gain from entering your window.
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🧵 on how pathetic our options are here in the US, comparatively:
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🧵 on how pathetic our options are here in the US, comparatively:
know what else exacerbates the urban heat island effect?
cars.
removing them from city centers is critical to not just reduce urban heat island effect - but also improve livability.
cars.
removing them from city centers is critical to not just reduce urban heat island effect - but also improve livability.
as this year has shown us, simply bolting on 'green' tech to unsustainable things is not necessarily climate action, and it certainly isn't climate proof.
going to lay out a few issues w/ this article
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/a…
going to lay out a few issues w/ this article
theguardian.com/us-news/2021/a…
american houses are massive by european standards. they also consume an absurd amount of energy. this is part of why i became a passivhaus designer over a decade ago. addressing fabric first is critical. bolting on PV doesn't come anywhere close to addressing this problem 
this article is very much like the EV issue.
we have built much of our country to be both unwalkable, & hostile to people biking.
we have destroyed massive swaths of our landscape for inefficient (spatially, energetically) detached homes. homes that require cars for everything
we have built much of our country to be both unwalkable, & hostile to people biking.
we have destroyed massive swaths of our landscape for inefficient (spatially, energetically) detached homes. homes that require cars for everything
