In Amsterdam/The Netherlands it’s basically non existent in any of the older buildings. In newer construction it’s becoming more common.
We live in in a an office building that I would guess was built some time in the last 15-20 years that has since been turned into apartments and we have some kind of radiant floor cooling/heating. It’s not super strong but it’s a hell of a lot better than my girlfriend’s old ~1800s building with south facing windows. That little apartment turned into an oven in the summer.
Ah that’s pretty cool. Fortunately we don’t have that issue in our new place but I’d definitely keep that in mind if we moved somewhere not so ideal in the future
In Amsterdam/The Netherlands it’s basically non existent in any of the older buildings. In newer construction it’s becoming more common.
We live in in a an office building that I would guess was built some time in the last 15-20 years that has since been turned into apartments and we have some kind of radiant floor cooling/heating. It’s not super strong but it’s a hell of a lot better than my girlfriend’s old ~1800s building with south facing windows. That little apartment turned into an oven in the summer.
Can try something like this:
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/home-window-solutions-us/solutions/temperature-control/
It’s an infrared-reflective film you can put on your windows.
Or if you have the windows open, slatted shutters or a slatted screen.
I’m assuming that in the Netherlands, it’s humid in summer, so probably can’t use an evaporative cooler; that might be useful somewhere like Madrid.
Ah that’s pretty cool. Fortunately we don’t have that issue in our new place but I’d definitely keep that in mind if we moved somewhere not so ideal in the future