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[โ€“] tal@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

south facing windows. That little apartment turned into an oven in the summer.

Can try something like this:

https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/home-window-solutions-us/solutions/temperature-control/

It's an infrared-reflective film you can put on your windows.

Or if you have the windows open, slatted shutters or a slatted screen.

I'm assuming that in the Netherlands, it's humid in summer, so probably can't use an evaporative cooler; that might be useful somewhere like Madrid.

[โ€“] nicetriangle@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

Ah that's pretty cool. Fortunately we don't have that issue in our new place but I'd definitely keep that in mind if we moved somewhere not so ideal in the future