As with heating, cooling requirements can be drastically reduced through careful building design. In addition to high levels of insulation and compact design, consider measures to reflect or block the sunlight. Reflective roofs can reduce air conditioning costs, while maintaining your cooler roof – albeit, with a high ceiling or roof insulation, the benefit is [...]
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Choosing the right windows can cool the room
July 5th, 2010 
Posted in Room design 
Tags: addition, building, Choosing, conditioning, external louvres, insulation, solar heat gain, summer heat gain, warm climates, windows and skylights 
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