Flying SquidAncient Iran had air conditioning
argh_another_usernameCool, but a quick search shows that these towers can cool a place by around 10C. So, in the scorching 50C desert, the interior would be above 35C, which is still fucking hot.
A modern home ACs can only cool about 20f below the outside temperature. 50c to 35c is 27 degrees so that’s pretty damn good for a fancy swamp cooler
manillafaceWhat’s your source for this? It routinely gets over 100 here and buildings aren’t 80 degrees inside.
sabWe're talking celsius, I hope for your sake it doesn't routinely get to 100 where you are. :)
I said “around” 10c. An article said from 8 to 12 Celsius. There’s a paper that said from 46c exterior temperature, the tower can cool the interior to between 34 and 38c. I just rounded things up.
For a solution, we can generate green energy with solar panels and heat pumps.
As I said, the way the tower works is super interesting, but 34c is still very hot to be comfortable.
Yes, that sounds about right - the relative effect of the tower probably depends a lot on various factors like how windy it is, if extreme heat occurs only for a day or if it has been ongoing so that the water under ground is heated as well, etc.
These comments were in response to @Gangreless, who stated that a modern AC "can only cool about 20f below the outside temperature". I didn't catch that it was fahrenheit first, and now that I know I am happily admitting defeat rather than having to think in terms of freedom units.