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I think you're under-estimating how hot it gets inside well-insulated European homes. Your mileage may vary across European countries, but in the north where it
by deanc 20d ago
I think you're under-estimating how hot it gets inside well-insulated European homes. Your mileage may vary across European countries, but in the north where it gets cold in the winter our homes are built to trap heat. Opening windows won't get you very far as the temperature radiates through the windows and traps in the walls. Closing blinds will help, but not by much. It got over 40c in my office this summer. This is not livable conditions with a fan.
- margor 20d agoWhen it's around 20C, it's impossible for me to make my rooms colder than say 23C, because there is no way I can make so much of air exchange. Even if I somehow manage to pull the air in, the moment I close it - the walls that have all that heat will start giving it back again, bringing the temperature back to where it was. It's so funny, that when the winter starts, it's long into the winter before I have to turn on heating in my apartment.