Creative Ways Cities Are Combating Rising Temperatures (2016) (nymag.com) 2 points by lgregg 7y ago ↗ HN
[–] ggm 7y ago ↗ Most of them are things we've always done, writ large.Trees are my personal favourite. Shade, transpiration, Birdlife, net cooling in summer. And simply nice to be around. [–] lgregg 7y ago ↗ I thought the wind towers were particularly interesting. I've never seen anything like that in Europe or North America. [–] ggm 7y ago ↗ We..for the wider worldwide we. Used in Asia and middle east. I think some modern passive house designs use directed wind flows to manage the thermal mass but that's a bit different.
[–] lgregg 7y ago ↗ I thought the wind towers were particularly interesting. I've never seen anything like that in Europe or North America. [–] ggm 7y ago ↗ We..for the wider worldwide we. Used in Asia and middle east. I think some modern passive house designs use directed wind flows to manage the thermal mass but that's a bit different.
[–] ggm 7y ago ↗ We..for the wider worldwide we. Used in Asia and middle east. I think some modern passive house designs use directed wind flows to manage the thermal mass but that's a bit different.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 6.1 ms ] threadTrees are my personal favourite. Shade, transpiration, Birdlife, net cooling in summer. And simply nice to be around.