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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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