Why Ancient African Homes Stayed Cool in 120°F Heat While Modern Buildings Overheat
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Why Ancient African Homes Stayed Cool in 120°F Heat While Modern Buildings Overheat
There is something deeply wrong with how we cool our buildings today. In 2019, researchers from MIT ran temperature tests on buildings in Timbuktu, Mali. Outside, the Saharan sun pushed the mercury to 118°F. The sand was hot enough to blister bare feet in seconds. Modern concrete buildings with metal roofs, the kind we export across Africa as "development," hit internal temperatures of 95°F even with windows open.
Occupants sat sweating, miserable, waiting for sunset. Just three blocks away stood a traditional mud brick home built in 1640. Same scorching sun. Same brutal heat. Inside temperature: 72°F. No air conditioning. No electric fans. No solar panels or evaporative coolers. The structure itself, built from dirt and straw using methods we call primitive, kept the interior 46 degrees cooler than the air outside...
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