RE: https://hachyderm.io/@thomasfuchs/116799572185767042

To put things into perspective, I live in the literal desert in Arizona.

We currently have an official heat warning—it is cooler here than in France.

@thomasfuchs right but the AC contributes to heating the external air so.. not the best solution

(of course the best solution is to prevent or reduce climate change as much as possible..)

@elduvelle 1. do you understand the ratio of inside air to outside air and 2. The heat is just moved from the inside to the outside (and heat from the outside will heat up inside again so it cools the outside)

it’s a zero-sum game, the overall heat does not increase

@thomasfuchs @elduvelle
In a greenhouse-like building, there is more heat created than in a bioclimatic building with louvers, white roof and walls, that radiate light back to the deep sky.
It is not a zero-sum problem but one very sensitive to greenhouse effect and albedo in architecture.