[tgsovlerkhgsel]

I get rage when I hear those "5 clever tips to stay cool without A/C".

Many buildings already have shades, but please tell me more how those shades and "properly ventilating during the night" (aka not getting sleep half the night due to outside noise) will keep my apartment at a livable temperature when the air temperature outside never drops below 23 degrees for more than an hour.

You can't effectively remove the heat that has pooled in the apartment with a 2-3 degree temperature difference, let alone in the few hours where you actually have that difference.

So because of thinking like the one in your post, we can't have real AC's (because to "protect the environment" we'd first need to install every other system that doesn't help then prove that with a mountain of paperwork), so my only option is to open the well-insulated window so I can stick the coolant hose of a portable unit through it.

I think the "properly installed AC bad" mentality will only change once the entire population of renters has those inefficient portable units (that are de facto impossible to regulate) and even the anti-AC group realizes that encouraging "real" ACs is much better than the workarounds that the status quo forces.

[eudamoniac]

23C is downright frigid where I'm concerned. You'll be fine

[fellowmartian]

It is scientifically proven cognitive performance starts falling above 22C, but feel free to continue your baseless moralizing.

[eudamoniac]

The vast majority of the world lives in summers above 22C and they are pretty much fine. It's not moralizing, it's just living on this planet

[tgsovlerkhgsel]

I think you missed the point - when the outside temperature doesn't go below 23, you can't really get the inside temperature below 26 or so, because as the difference gets smaller, your ability to remove heat disappears.

[eudamoniac]

I did miss the point, but also it is currently 43C outside and I keep my house at 26C to stay comfortable. Comfort is just what you train yourself to be accustomed to