Comments on: An Excess of Cool http://postgreen.com/2008/06/an-excess-of-cool/ Eco-modern homes for the rest of us Tue, 24 Aug 2010 01:34:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Chad http://postgreen.com/2008/06/an-excess-of-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-52 Chad Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:32:53 +0000 http://postgreen.com/?p=90#comment-52 This is refreshing to hear Alan. We almost made it without A/C this past weekend also but had some guest from out of town that were a bit uncomfortable after a long morning outside in the heat. I have been amazed by the extreme low temperatures that I am finding in peoples' homes already in the first week or two of air conditioning use. We have been comfortably surviving for a few months now in 70 and 80 degree weather and all of a sudden when we have our first heat wave, people are setting their thermostats below in the low 70's and high 60's even. Why is this necessary? I think it's habit or tradition more than anything... This is refreshing to hear Alan. We almost made it without A/C this past weekend also but had some guest from out of town that were a bit uncomfortable after a long morning outside in the heat.

I have been amazed by the extreme low temperatures that I am finding in peoples’ homes already in the first week or two of air conditioning use. We have been comfortably surviving for a few months now in 70 and 80 degree weather and all of a sudden when we have our first heat wave, people are setting their thermostats below in the low 70′s and high 60′s even. Why is this necessary? I think it’s habit or tradition more than anything…

]]> By: Alan http://postgreen.com/2008/06/an-excess-of-cool/comment-page-1/#comment-51 Alan Thu, 12 Jun 2008 04:40:45 +0000 http://postgreen.com/?p=90#comment-51 I'm in the Harrisburg area, so I know what you're feeling, minus heat island. My uncle says it very well, "Do whatever you would do if you didn't have AC". Basically, turn on the ceiling fans, get out the oscillating fans, close the shades during the day, etc and when that is not enough, fine turn on the AC. And we didn't use AC these last 4 days, I just dealt with the heat or went to the basement. Desiccant systems are also helpful for this type of weather. And the solar hot water powered air conditioning systems are pretty cool, though probably not feasible for large buildings. Maybe if the road were used as the collector??? I’m in the Harrisburg area, so I know what you’re feeling, minus heat island. My uncle says it very well, “Do whatever you would do if you didn’t have AC”. Basically, turn on the ceiling fans, get out the oscillating fans, close the shades during the day, etc and when that is not enough, fine turn on the AC. And we didn’t use AC these last 4 days, I just dealt with the heat or went to the basement.

Desiccant systems are also helpful for this type of weather. And the solar hot water powered air conditioning systems are pretty cool, though probably not feasible for large buildings. Maybe if the road were used as the collector???

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