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I don't have heating in my bedroom...nor do I want it. The heating downstairs and woodstove is enough to make my room comfortable as long as I leave my door open all day. If I close it all night, it can get uncomfortably cold (50 F ?). There's one room in my house that has absolutely no insulation and is easily in the 40s. Certainly not an energy efficient home, although probably better than yours considering how much colder our winters are. I'm not an environment nut, but I hate to think of all the energy being wasted.
Definitely lots of energy wasted in NZ homes, though there is a government scheme to retrofit older houses with insulation. I worked in a house been built 2 winters ago that relied on passive heating principles and high standards for insulation, glazing etc. The 7.30 am inside temp would be around 16-17C(62-65F), and that was without any heating whatsoever. Outside temps at that time of the morning were between 0 and -4C(32-24F), which are cold winter temps here.
Definitely lots of energy wasted in NZ homes, though there is a government scheme to retrofit older houses with insulation. I worked in a house been built 2 winters ago that relied on passive heating principles and high standards for insulation, glazing etc. The 7.30 am inside temp would be around 16-17C(62-65F), and that was without any heating whatsoever. Outside temps at that time of the morning were between 0 and -4C(32-24F), which are cold winter temps here.
My parents had a conservatory built as an extra room to their house with glass windows for 180 degrees all around it. It acts as a sun trap during the summer and regularly gets over 30C even on a 20C day and gets the sunshine right through the long summer evenings, but in the winter when it gets no sunshine it can get unbelievably cold at night as there's virtually no insulation - last Christmas morning was the coldest I've ever seen there at -7C while it was -12C outside. It was so cold I reckon that's why the TV in there no longer works properly.
My parents had a conservatory built as an extra room to their house with glass windows for 180 degrees all around it. It acts as a sun trap during the summer and regularly gets over 30C even on a 20C day and gets the sunshine right through the long summer evenings, but in the winter when it gets no sunshine it can get unbelievably cold at night as there's virtually no insulation - last Christmas morning was the coldest I've ever seen there at -7C while it was -12C outside. It was so cold I reckon that's why the TV in there no longer works properly.
-7 inside, thats harsh. The house I mentioned was angled to receive very little direct sun during the summer, so was cooler in summer as well as warmer in winter.
Happy that the min temp stayed above 20C last night ( a big deal here). Had to organize a social gathering in anticipation and wasn't disappointed with 22C at midnight.
Happy that the min temp stayed above 20C last night ( a big deal here). Had to organize a social gathering in anticipation and wasn't disappointed with 22C at midnight.
I'm happy the min here is likely to stay above 10C (more like May, not February) so when I go out tonight after the rugby finishes I won't have to wear a million layers like last Friday
It's a very exciting time here. At 10 AM it's 32 C with a 22 C dew point which almost never happens here. When I got up and walked outside I thought I must be in Singapore or something -- it's a really surreal feeling.
It's a very exciting time here. At 10 AM it's 32 C with a 22 C dew point which almost never happens here. When I got up and walked outside I thought I must be in Singapore or something -- it's a really surreal feeling.
It seems to have been like this on and off since before Christmas. 26C with a 22.5C dewpoint here.
It's a very exciting time here. At 10 AM it's 32 C with a 22 C dew point which almost never happens here. When I got up and walked outside I thought I must be in Singapore or something -- it's a really surreal feeling.
What was it overnight/what should it be later on? In eastern Europe in early summer you get these warm, sunny mornings where you can almost taste the heat and humidity from about 7am onwards and you just know there is going to be a thunderstorm in the afternoon, though I don't think I've experienced this anywhere else.
Little sleet, snow, and freezing rain this morning. Then a foggy day with a "heavy" drizzle.
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