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minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·8 hours agoBut AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 hours agoBalconies aren’t really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I’m from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they’re mostly used when it’s a bit later so it’s not too bright.
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 hours agothey still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours ago(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
minus-squareMultiplexer@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 hour agoWell, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall too, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong… [Edit] Only slightly off topic here: I can recommend Larry Niven’s short story “Inconstant Moon” :-)
But AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
Balconies aren’t really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I’m from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they’re mostly used when it’s a bit later so it’s not too bright.
they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
Well, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall too, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong…
[Edit]
Only slightly off topic here: I can recommend Larry Niven’s short story “Inconstant Moon” :-)