Solarpunk technology

3330 readers

1 users here now

Technology for a Solar-Punk future.

Airships and hydroponic farms...

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

poVoq@slrpnk.net

KeraKali@slrpnk.net

bot@slrpnk.net

How to Dress and Undress your Home | To make buildings more energy-efficient, consider curtains, awnings, wall hangings, and other textile insulation technologies from a time before air conditioning (solar.lowtechmagazine.com)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by stabby_cicada@slrpnk.net to c/technology@slrpnk.net

7 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Appropriate technology in action. And as a bonus, textile insulation could use material from all those fast fashion clothes dumped in the desert or otherwise abandoned to dissolve into microplastics :/

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact, adding textiles to walls for insulation is where we get the term "furring" from.

I wish awnings were more common. Such a simple way to block out midday or afternoon sun in the hot summer.

[–] toynbee@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Technology Connections feels similarly!

[–] ODGreen@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

That's where I got the idea from! Excellent channel.

[–] MysteriousSophon21@lemmy.world 1 points 4 weeks ago

Awnings are amazing and you can actually adjust them seasonally - extend them fully in summer to block heat, then retract them in winter to let that free solar heat in through your windows (just installed some last year and my cooling costs droped significantly).