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Can we get smarter when it comes to constructing buildings?
Technically Speaking | a science and engineering discussion
25 minutes 19 seconds
2 months ago
Can we get smarter when it comes to constructing buildings?
We’re using more energy and in the UK a lot of this goes into heating or cooling our homes but can we use natural processes to make this happen? Laura, Rwayda and Antonia discuss how using traditional clay in the Caribbean keeps houses cool while a smart architect in India has used fundamental physics to achieve the same feat. In the UK, passive houses with thick insulation are a thing but could we use these smart ideas to work with natural processes, rather than against them?
Fact check:
Building houses out of clay in the Caribbean
The science behind why clay is cooler than concrete
Using thermodynamics and natural wind direction to keep a house in India cool
What makes a passive house
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