Re:Pretty Good House
by empiricus on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @03:38AM
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It is a little worse than that: some triple glazed windows are intentionally made more opaque/green tint for 2 reasons: 1. easier on the eye when sunny outside, and 2. block up to half of solar radiation, to prevent overheating indoors
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Re:Pretty Good House
by bryanrasmussen on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @04:10AM
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does Norway worry about overheating indoors though?
Re:Pretty Good House
by antipotoad on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @04:23AM
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Not sure, but consider that summer months can have little to no nighttime owing to the northerly latitude.
Re:Pretty Good House
by bryanrasmussen on Tuesday January 17, 2023 @06:26AM
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that's true, it does get hot sometimes in Denmark where I am, but then I open the windows when that happens.
My experience is it's either too cold to open the windows, or you will want the windows open - in my part of Denmark.
I'm not in Norway, but here in Finland I don't appreciate having nearly 30C indoors in the summer.
I don't think it was much of a problem historically, but anecdotally the summers have been getting worse* over the 15 years that I've been here. I finally had to break down and buy a portable air conditioner a few years ago.
*Some people enjoy having more hot days during the summer, of course.