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[giobozzde]

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[michaausleipzig]

The reason we don't have Ac is simply bevause we don't need it. The reason for this is is not just a generally cooler weather but also the way we build our houses. Walls are ususally brick or concrete with quite a lot of insulation added. And insulation works both ways, it keeps in heat in winter but also keeps heat out in summer. The outside tempersture just doesn't have that much of an influence on the inside temperature over here. Carpets used to be a think in the 90s perhaps but simply fell out of fashion. Still you could get one if you absolutely wanted to.

[MichaEl-rhkv]

Carpeted floors were a thing back in the 1970s and 1980s, but with every modernization people got rid of more of them, and in older houses they sometimes discovered old hardwood parquet beneath them.
Drywall is only used for non-load-bearing (and sometimes also meant to be temporary) partition walls. Most outer walls are made from concrete and/or bricks and can be around 40 cm thick (especially for houses built in mid 20th century; the walls of newer houses get that thickness often only by added insulation layers). Inner walls would be partly concrete, partly bricks (depending on age of the house, region and other things; non-load-bearing walls would often be only one row of bricks). Medieval half-timber houses had originally the spaces between the timbers stuffed with wickerwork holding a mixture of clay and straw, which made a pretty good insulation, but was prone to be attacked by mouses. Therefore that filling was often replaced later by bricks, which do not as well insulate, so nowadays (cured) straw gets sometimes a comeback.
The good insulation as well as temperatures being rather mild most of the year make AC unnecessary for most German houses. Additionally conventional AC takes a lot of power, their technique is not very efficient. In winter we have central heating via water-filled pipes (which is slower than hot air, but lasts longer at fewer energy loss), in a hot summer you do some airing during the early hours and then close the windows and blinds at the sunny side(s) of the house to preserve the now cooler and fresher air within the house from becoming warm and stuffy. Works just fine and does cost nothing.

[Kokujou]

btw the thick walls are also a reason why we don't have ACs. because our houses are pretty well isolated. both sound and temperature doesn't pass through that hard, which is nice.
but no matter how well you're isolated, if you live on the roof you'll probably want to commit suicide in summer XD

[protpirat]

The default voltage for electric devices in a european house is 230V, not 220V. The frequency is 50Hz, not 60Hz like in the US. Most houses and apartments also have a three-phase connection with 400V for electric stoves.

[MagicManfred]

You actually wouldn't melt in german houses, because a) they're isolated very efficiently, so they get less hot in the summer and less cold in the winter to begin with and b) temperatures in Germany aren't as extreme. The country has a quarter of the US' population (80 million), but only 1/26th of its size and all of it is situated as far in the north as your border to Canada.
In American terms, imagine if the states of Washington and Oregon had 11 times as much population - that's how big and populated Germany is, and it's very comparable in terms of climate.

[haukegebhardt]

another interresing question, have you looked at google maps ? the most southern part of Finnland is about the same space were Greenland is...

[stefanzantes]

As a German I thought that US Americans spend too much electricity on airconditioning...until I got the chance to work in Nashville for 2 weeks.
I would have died without the airconditioning. Boy was that hot and humid 😅.

[haukegebhardt]

still don t get it, Hamburg is 53 north, in the hudson bay, were akimiski island is. the don t have AC there either, Munich our souther city if at 48 wich is north of Ottawa, in canada, no one has ac ofer there, maybe hotels and shopping malls. dont argue we need AC, you live in Florida or Texas with is were morooco is. the have AC there too

[jancleve]

3:29 Yes, our walls are made of bricks or concrete.

[LunaBianca]

The thing about the HCs is not really factual - especially newe houses actually often need to have some kind of climate control or else they'd get trouble with energy conservation. So there often is some kind of tech controlling air flow, temp and humidity levels - they're just not used quite so aggressively. Load bearing walls are most often brick and mortar, but there are cases where and when you need to build with dry wall construction because those aren't as heavy, like ehen remodelling roof top levels to use for additional space for living.... 😊

[einmischenpodcast]

Like your Videos. Hope you can visit germany soon. So much to discover! ;-)

[Flugkaninchen]

Why the hell would You need AC in Finland? It's never really hot in Finland.

[junimondify]

WWII is only a few years of more recent history, there are so many more things to see if you are interested in history!

[beldin]

Total bullshit with that "no carpets"

[Kokujou]

that's not true, we have carpets too. but when you move into a new appartment, usually everything is empty... my parents have a carpet, it's not uncommon to lay one. especially if it's easy to clean. i have some kind of rough woold-like texture and dirt can stick pretty hard in there so maybe i should've also layed a carpet instead. well... it can be nice in summer however because a carpet is definitely hotter

[Attirbful]

I do use an American swing machine with a transformer in my German house….

[walkir]

I never sawthe point in using energy, and this creating waste heat, to move heat from insideyour house to outside of it. That's not a useful wayto spend any kind of resource, even if you don't set it to freezing or have it fight the central heating.

[nicolettarope]

We dont need AC...we have stonehouses..its cool in the Houses becouse good Isolation!

[Kokujou]

yeah the AC really pisses me off sometimes, so i got a portable one... imagine the effort, you have a giant pipe you need to bring outside... so what do you do, you hold it out of the window... but for that you need to open the window. see the contradiction?

what i did, i bought a giant translucent plastik "sheet" cut it into the size of my window and then cut a hole in it, then i glued it into my window and then i put the pipe through there, it keeps a bit of heat away and makes it more performant but still...

i guess it won't change, especially since we are so obsessed with this green technology and energy saving and blablabla... also we have a lot of old houses, that are probably historically relevant and embedding an AC means you need to drill a hole in the facade.