Heat Waves and Novel Ideas

[Cubist]

I've always been pleased that this old place can, even on the hottest days of the year, remain comfortably cool - immediately beside the front door I've measured temperature in excess of 35C and on one recent occasion above 40C. Indoors though it can seem uncomfortably cool and it's not unusual to find me wandering around in a house coat. But I'm straying from the point of this contribution.

For those whose homes can and do become hot sweaty boxes during the, fortunately infrequent, British heat waves the occupants have no doubt attempted a variety of methods to limit the interior temperature and I've come across suggestions in the past that used cartridge paper or even kitchen foil but the one below I've just come across has me puzzling....

Experiment finds yoghurt can lower house temperature

Dr Ben Roberts and a PhD student conducted research on two test houses at Loughborough University.

www.bbc.co.uk

My questions; Is the yogurt applied inside or out? Does it need to be re-freshed? Surely it begins to pong a bit?

 

[fernicarry]

Not sure about the yoghurt but today even in the temperate north of the country interior temps are hitting the high 20's. The advantage of sliding sash windows is that you can expose a really large area to air flow as compared to the side or top hinged fakes, but with virtually no wind blowing interior ventilation is still less than desirable. Uncomfortable night ahead...