The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human tolerance (2020)

Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by rvn1045 on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @12:16AM (#28137966)

A lot of new technology could potentially solve this problem.

There are certain types of roofs being installed called cool roofs that reflect heat and don’t absorb it that keeps the inside of building a little cooler.

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by Sharlin on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @05:50AM (#28140034)

For people who can afford new technology. For hundreds of millions to billions of people that's not an option.

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by blueblisters on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @01:41AM (#28138443)

Radiative cooling roofs, like those from sky cool systems actually cool your house during the day. I'm not sure how cost effective those are but the technology seems to be very promising.

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by hoseja on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @02:40AM (#28138815)

Those radiate through the atmospheric microwave window, right?

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by tullianus on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:09AM (#28142939)

Yep! Looks like the authors of the first paper I read on it (glass microspheres in silver-backed clear plastic film) are finally starting to commercialize it too... http://radi-cool.com/technologies/

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Re:The emergence of heat and humidity too severe for human t... by spikels on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @02:55AM (#28138895)

Also air conditioning

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