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Old 3rd Aug 2010, 12:03
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Hipennine
 
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Safety Concerns:

Amazingly, most of Southern Europe (and presumably the old inhabitants of desert areas like Dubai) learned eons ago, that in sunny climes pre-air conditioning, you keep an interior "comfortable" by opening windows and blinds at night, and closing the windows and blinds during the day. I believe that trad arabic designs actually have little or no window openings on the sunny side, the openings being confined to shady courtyards.

Also, traditional architecture in these places tends to be painted white (a bit like most aircraft fuselages) to reflect rather than absorp the heat of the sun. Your flashy modern edifice will have a design forgetting these previously learned realities.

In the aircraft context substitute air-con on for night time, and air-con off whilst on the ground for day time.
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