Timeline for How much energy would it save to park cars in the shade in summer?
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| May 17, 2022 at 6:32 | comment | added | RedSonja | I do not know anyone who parks in the sun when shade is available. | |
| May 9, 2022 at 0:51 | history | edited | LShaver♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| May 6, 2022 at 11:02 | comment | added | LShaver♦ | @Erik I agree that less driving is best. I'm simply curious to know how much energy this might save. Considering that certain vehicles will always be required (delivery vehicles, taxis, ambulances, etc) there could still be a place for this solution, especially if the energy savings are significant. But that's not a conversation we can have until we know how much! | |
| May 6, 2022 at 7:43 | comment | added | Erik | Don't do the trip by car in the first place? | |
| May 5, 2022 at 14:37 | comment | added | blacksmith37 | I doubt there is much energy factor as an ICE engine has so much power that turning an AC makes little difference. The huge difference is quality of life. My employers in Houston provided covered parking , I may not have taken a job with no covered parking in Houston. Not the same as wimpy sun in WI. | |
| May 5, 2022 at 1:31 | comment | added | LShaver♦ | @Móż I really just want to know what the energy benefits of shading the cars are -- regardless of who or what is providing the shade :) | |
| May 5, 2022 at 1:23 | comment | added | Móż | to me the "solar panels over car park" seems easier to get investment for, because there's a definite return to the people doing it. "put up shade for others" ... the carpark is already heavily used, adding shade won't change that. That's a different sense of "not require anything people aren't already doing" though. A quick search says there's multiple businesses in Australia already doing "car park solar farm" so you and me might be a bit slow off the mark on that one. | |
| May 5, 2022 at 1:21 | comment | added | Móż | In Australia people are already doing the windscreen shades, I'm not sure I'd say it's rare to see someone not using one but in some places that's definitely true (near beaches especially) | |
| May 4, 2022 at 12:21 | comment | added | LShaver♦ | @Moz I was interested in the gross benefits first -- we'd have to know how much energy the shade could save before determining how much solar you'd need. A steel structure with metal roofing for shade would go up quickly -- there are also aluminum-framed "hoop houses" you can buy for cars and set up with one person in a few hours. Also I agree with those solutions, but shaded parking lots would not require people to do anything they aren't already doing. | |
| May 4, 2022 at 4:21 | comment | added | Móż | Net or gross? The cost of building shade would be non-trivial, and the difficulty of planting trees significant. But if there were solar panel arrays over the car parks that would dramatically change the equation. Reflective semi-inulating windscreen shades are very common here (~$10). As are cheap plastic window-mounted solar powered fans (~$20). But I ride a bike so I don't have the problem and I might be missing something important. | |
| May 3, 2022 at 17:44 | answer | added | juhist | timeline score: 1 | |
| May 3, 2022 at 15:39 | history | asked | LShaver♦ | CC BY-SA 4.0 |