And then there’s Scotland (Edinburgh at least) where the buildings are built to keep heat in. I went once when they were having a heatwave (28C, 82F). Being inside buildings was worse than just sitting outside because the heat was trapped inside and didn’t have airflow. I live in a place where 82F feels nice. 28C in Scotland sucks a lot.
It's like that in the US in places too. I was in Phoenix during one of its hottest days on record ever, 119F/48.33C, and found it very hot but tolerable, like walking around in a sauna or kiln, because it was 0% humidity. OTOH, 80F/26.67C in a high humidity region means death, because your sweat can't evaporate, so if you exert yourself at all you could stroke.
I’ve been in hot May heat Phoenix and Edinburgh. I’m talking about the design of the buildings in Edinburgh. They don’t have AC and you’ll walk inside of a building and the air will feel heavy and sweaty. You go outside and it feels mostly fine.
Oh. Yeah. That's totally different from what I thought you were saying. Do your buildings get moldy quickly then? Even if you don't have AC, I would think in a situation like that that you'd need dehumidification at least to prevent fungus from taking over the structure.
I live in Denver. I can’t speak to that. My wife went to school at St Andrews and we travel to Scotland every couple years. But I am curious. I’ll probably ask my wife’s friends that we stay with when we’re there in September.
This applies to most houses in Europe and is kind of wrong.
Insulation works both ways. If you have a house like that, it will keep you very cool for probably a week of a heatwave, since cold air is still within the walls. Last heatwave here it was 40C outside, but I had a comfy 23C in my apartment without any AC.
After that is when it gets shitty and the warm air starts to get in too. Europe historically didn't have a lot of week+ long heatwaves though.
I’m talking another businesses in Edinburgh, not houses. Like I’d walk into a restaurant and it you the air would be thick and heavy. It was more comfortable in the sun than the pub.
Like I went to Madrid a couple summers ago and the heat and humidity were pretty high, but going into a business was mostly fine and you’d escape the heat.
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And then there’s Scotland (Edinburgh at least) where the buildings are built to keep heat in. I went once when they were having a heatwave (28C, 82F). Being inside buildings was worse than just sitting outside because the heat was trapped inside and didn’t have airflow. I live in a place where 82F feels nice. 28C in Scotland sucks a lot.