Awning. They’re a great way to reduce the need for AC by providing shade in treeless regions.
80% of the flats where I live have one above their balcony - and we are not even close to treeless.
I was really bewildered by the idea that someone might not know what these are…
In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon. There’s a technology connections video about them that touches on it
But AC wouldn’t cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
Well, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall too, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong…
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Only slightly off topic here: I can recommend Larry Niven’s short story “Inconstant Moon” :-)
Balconies aren’t really a thing for most people in the American Midwest, which is where I’m from. You have porches and patios, but those are weather permitting structures and they’re mostly used when it’s a bit later so it’s not too bright.
In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they’re uncommon
Not really… People don’t blast AC to their outdoor porch.
AC is everywhere in the US, and we still have plenty of awnings
Both of these are regional. Growing up in Ohio awnings were rare. And in some states ac is more or less common. I know in Washington’s Puget Sound region it’s more or less only in new construction because before the past decade or so it’s been mild all year.
I just don’t know how its named in English, where I’m from they’re toldos
I mean you have trees, so they’re mostly on the balcony. I live in a large city (not many trees) of mostly row homes, and they’re on like every window of the side of the houses that face the sun. Not just patios.
Here in Germany we have outside jalousie blinds on every window that also serve that purpose during summer.
Basically an energy shield protecting against the giant uncontrollable fusion reactor in the sky.
The lost technology of awnings. Technology Connections strikes again!
Since no one has provided the Technology Connections link yet… Enjoy losing the next 20 minutes to learning about awnings!
Wait, he did a video on awnings? That sounds like a fascinating half hour I never knew I needed.
Don’t need to look to know it’s at least an hour.
I was gonna say hour but I hedged my bets 😂
Never hedge your bets. Go all in or leave the table.
Really? I heard that you got to know when to hold 'em, know when to fold 'em, know when to walk away, and know when to run.
Not dedicated to awnings, I think it was part of one of his home heating/cooling videos. Been awhile. He convinced me to put them on my house the next time I do the roof.
I really want solar panel awnings over our deck. It’s south facing and the painted surface is easily 140°F in the sun.
Just need a cheap way to use the power from it to run the AC just in the other side of the porch.
It either breaks your fall or you leave a hole that is a perfect silhouette of your prone figure.
Happens in real life, too:
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/man-in-minneapolis-falls-16-stories-is-saved-by-awning/
Edit: it’s yt, use adblock if possible.
I love how they show both takes back-to-back in the final cut. It makes no sense from a continuity perspective, but if he’s insane enough do that shit twice you’re damn right we want to see it.
I want to know how he still walks, let alone is still alive, after all these dangerous stunts and accidents.
He landed wrong in a film called Armour of God, hit a ruck and crushed his skull.
Whereas I picked up something incorrectly a few decades back and I still struggle to walk at times!! The man is/was elastic, and insane.
Huh… I would have imagined a falling person would rip the rivets right out of the fabric and have part of the frame go up their ass, killing them even harder.
basically any amount of energy conversion is lossy - a loose fabric stretching and pulling on frame in a “wider fashion”, and any deformation of frame will require a lot energy - all subracting from your fall. and fame up in your tushie is at worst a life long pain in sitting or in bowel moments, a direct fall is iinsta death from basically anything above, lets say, 10th floor (pulled number out of thin air, but assuming a roughly flat contact, and human not falling like a diver reducing the direct load o spine(by crushing their arms))
German has a word for it: Markise
Markiisi in Finnish
Finnish truly has a word for everything…
Yes, and if we can’t come up with our own, we really like to steal words from neighbors
These should be mandatory around the first floor of all high rise buildings. Think about the lives it would hilariously save.
Das ist eine Markise
Hey it’s not just cartoon characters, an awning also saved Indiana Jones’ life!
I strongly believe the “Death” and cartoon characters should be swapped for this
Everytime
Not a word.
pedant
A word.
Obviously. It’s a Britney Spears song.
A stunt so nice he filmed it twice.
Jackie is a crazy mofo.
SunSetter retractable awning.
marquee
and/or marquise
