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A community to discuss solarpunk and other new and alternative urbanisms that seek to break away from our currently ecologically destructive urbanisms.

Henri Lefebvre, The Right to the City — In brief, the right to the city is the right to the production of a city. The labor of a worker is the source of most of the value of a commodity that is expropriated by the owner. The worker, therefore, has a right to benefit from that value denied to them. In the same way, the urban citizen produces and reproduces the city through their own daily actions. However, the the city is expropriated from the urbanite by the rich and the state. The right to the city is therefore the right to appropriate the city by and for those who make and remake it.

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“Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about” 🪟 (slrpnk.net)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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https://youtu.be/uhbDfi7Ee7k

This video by Technology Connections talks about how window awnings can greatly help cool your home.

Another thing I want to add is that window awnings can protect windows. We get pretty big hail here, and (wood or aluminum) awnings can save your window glass. I have also heard of “Clamshell Awnings” which are on hinges, so you can remove the poles and lower the awning to cover and protect windows in extreme weather.

Lastly, here are some old window awning ads for your entertainment (from Wikimedia commons)

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Honestly, these cooling tech ideas would all go great in an Urbanism wiki.

@[email protected] What do you think?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

I like that idea! I've been procrastinating with filling out the buy it for life wiki as well, but I'll try to get around to this as well when I'm able.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I’m really convinced that the whole world decided one day that air conditioning was magic and gave up on everything else.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Maybe in the US. Other places not so much.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Awnings are orders of magnitude more expensive than blinds, and blinds are expensive enough. There isn't an off the shelf design that will work for every house so you need to be able to customize them. Awnings tend to look shabby in 5 years and need regular maintenance to keep from being overrun by spiders.

I'm a marine fabricator and make awnings.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

no earthly clue what you're on about, retractable awnings are perfectly common here in sweden, and most office buildings even have them automated.

They're perfectly affordable and you kinda just screw them into the wall..

[–] [email protected] -1 points 3 months ago

I don't make retractable awnings. China makes retractable awnings. I would expect the average cheap awning to last 3 to 5 years on the high end. A quality awning will last more, and you'll pay more. A permanent awning like on a business will be thousands of dollars, depending on size. Per window. I'm talking about custom work, not off the shelf.