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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 276168" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Naked windows - bad for energy conservation. The place heats up in summer and loses heat in winter.</p><p></p><p>Something we have learned in our heat Down Under (and which we seem to have to work hard to teach some people from Europe and the US) - on hot days in summer, we CLOSE the windows and CLOSE the blinds/curtains to block out the light. Because light = heat. And too often, the "cool breeze" outside is hotter than the temperature inside.</p><p></p><p>I used to get in to work insummer to find my (Russian) co-worker had hauled up the venetians and thrown open everywindow, and the place was a hot box. Too late to shut it all up by then... and of course he complained about the heat all day. If I got to work first, I would insist on keeping the place closed up. But if he succeeded in throwing it all open while I was out of the room, of course it would heat up again. And he would blame me for it, saying it was hot because I'd previously had the place closed up!</p><p></p><p>We did eventually convince him, but it took a few summers.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 276168, member: 1991"] Naked windows - bad for energy conservation. The place heats up in summer and loses heat in winter. Something we have learned in our heat Down Under (and which we seem to have to work hard to teach some people from Europe and the US) - on hot days in summer, we CLOSE the windows and CLOSE the blinds/curtains to block out the light. Because light = heat. And too often, the "cool breeze" outside is hotter than the temperature inside. I used to get in to work insummer to find my (Russian) co-worker had hauled up the venetians and thrown open everywindow, and the place was a hot box. Too late to shut it all up by then... and of course he complained about the heat all day. If I got to work first, I would insist on keeping the place closed up. But if he succeeded in throwing it all open while I was out of the room, of course it would heat up again. And he would blame me for it, saying it was hot because I'd previously had the place closed up! We did eventually convince him, but it took a few summers. Marg [/QUOTE]
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