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Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about
Technology Connections
Technology Connections looks at why awnings disappeared from houses and how effective they are at cutting solar heat gain and cooling costs. It argues they are a simple, forgotten cooling technology.
HN brings it up in threads on cooling, window heat gain and house design as a convincing case for awnings.
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