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Re:Using a solar oven as a radiant refrigerator at night by voisin on Sunday March 03, 2024 @10:59PM (#39586883)
> And this is why we built our current house on a north facing slope, in a forest - against all common wisdom about siting.

Can you comment or give more detail about the level of tree coverage required to have a noticeable effect of radiative cooling?

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Re:Using a solar oven as a radiant refrigerator at night by madaxe_again on Monday March 04, 2024 @12:36AM (#39587332)
Enough that the ground is mostly shaded on a summer’s day. Dappled shade, I suppose. You’re basically thinking about what percentage of the sky a given point on the ground can see, and a surprisingly small amount of cover goes a long way.
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