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Idk if I'm getting slower or your speech is getting faster :/

I learned about this in school for HVAC.

I know way back in the 1990's/early 2000's, they built a mall out in Nevada with one of these windcatchers. it could drop the temp of the whole mall to 58 degrees in 90 degree heat

"Sand, clay, lime, wood ash, goat hair, and egg whites. I think this will work."

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There was a lady who lived in an 1800s house in Georgia; her house was well maintained, and did not have air conditioning, yet was cool. You see there used to be a central tower design that was blocked off in winter (is it really winter when they rarely get snow? I live in Canada, lol) Each room has has 'window' atop the tall door, in the overly high rooms, and there is under house cooling; plus large verandas; the place never became too hot in summer, and once shifted to 'winter' was efficient to heat thanks to modern wood stove designs.

I live in the desert. The amount of energy used to stay alive and comfortable is mind numbing. I constantly worry about power outages and equipment failure. Either of these events is life threatening.

You know you are getting older when this is the highlight of your daily media consumption

My mom did something similar to this when I was little--she'd open the upstairs windows early in the morning on days when there was a stiff breeze, and let it cool the house before closing the windows on the side opposite the wind so that cool air would come up from the basement.

Evaporative cooling really only works in low humidity environments. The drier the air, the faster/more efficiently the water will evaporate, so the more efficiently heat will get pulled out of the air.

Me, in Utah: "Wind catchers would definitely work here."

Evaporative cooling does not work in the Southern United States when the air is so thick with moisture you have to cut it with a knife before you can breathe it.

Evaporative cooling works in dry climates. Not effective in humid air found in tropical countries

The physics behind ancient radiative sky cooling is fascinating - using space as a massive heat sink to make ice in the desert.

Im in Florida and due to high humidity evaporated cooling does not work here

I LIVE IN A COMMI BLOCK

Drawing outside air down underground and then up in the house for cooling is a system also used on the island of Madeira.

My home was built in 1940 and it has a whole house fan. Being originally from Michigan, I'd never even heard of one as summers rarely required more than a window fan to keep cool or at least cool enough to be relatively comfortable.

This is where Frank Herbert got the idea for the Fremen 'wind traps' in his novel, "Dune." This is my first contact with this concept, but the "Dune" reference is unmistakable. The novel is filled with many historical references just slightly tweaked and brought together very well. No wonder it won a Hugo Award.