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Someone put up a tent on their balcony to escape their heat-trapping apartment during the night. (lemmy.nz)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de to c/mildlyinteresting@lemmy.world

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Third extended heat wave within 6 weeks.

The previous one exceeded 40°C, and the buildings not yet had time to completely cool down from that one before the third wave hit.

I was considering putting up a tent in my garden myself, but as I own a ground floor flat, the indoor temperatures did, with the help of some additional cooling measures, thankfully not exceeded 27°C.

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[–] ikirin@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago

From my personal experience with (unfortunately) dark grey shutters facing south: Having just the holes open allows minimal airflow, which helps decrease the temperature between them and the window - because if the sun bakes the shutters, the air trapped behind them will get HOT - like hot enough that you can feel a difference when holding your hand against the glas.

For me it was better than having them completely closed, also it allowed a tiny bit of natural light in, but your mileage may vary