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Urban Heat Island
Studies showed that the majority of heat wave fatalities occur in inner-
Unventilated apartment buildings and rooms without air conditioning can reach temperatures in excess of 50°C during heat wave conditions. Even if ventilation is possible, the temperature drops to just above the outside air temperature. Since hot air rises, the top levels of apartment buildings suffer most. Insulation will keep the heat out for a day or two. But eventually the room succumbs to the environment and the insulation becomes a curse.
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You sit on your shaded veranda and enjoy a cool drink. The sea breeze blows gently
through the large open windows and coconut trees provide shade from the sun. Dream
on: you are more likely one of the million city dwellers living in a brick or concrete
bunker, built to save energy during frosty winter months. An environmentalist at
heart, you installed small and double-