#heatmitigation

Oooh, solar powered attic fan arrived! Now, hopefully it will cool off enough I can install it this weekend. (I dread to figure out the actual temperature in the attic at this moment). I can at least mount the solar panel fairly quickly and easily during cool morning hours. I really should put a sensor up in the attic and see how hot it is getting. #heatwaves #heatmitigation #climateemergency

I've talked about some of this on Mastodon before, such as creating #coroplast and #blackout material #WindowBlocks to prevent the heat from our long 53°N summer days getting into my unit (circa 2021) or adding thermal window film to reduce heat even more (circa 2025) without simultaneously creating a dark and depressing #bunker-effect for the entire summer. Doing all of this required various materials, time and of course, money. While all these (and other) mitigations were experiemented with and created/installed over several years, which spread out the up-front cost, the irony is not lost on me that these approaches have culmulatively cost as much as as least two in-window #AirConditoners would. 🙄 9x #heat #ExtremeHeat #mitigation #HeatMitigation #LifeSafety #cost

The upshot is that, starting with my kitchen 'nerve-centre' and then spanning into other rooms over time, these various crises have resulted in what I call #strata. The lowest strata is #DIY mask experiments and making. Above that is the first attempts at #HeatMitigation. Then there is #AirQuality mitigation, and then some blending of these in upper strata depending on access to materials or new approaches I can try without risking violating my #lease. Except, of course, it turns out there is always a catch. 11/x #messy #stacks #materials #clutter