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Traditional Mediterranean architecture is designed to reduce solar gain. Here the terracotta roof tiles of this chapel in the Elaphiti Islands, Croatia, provide evaporative cooling, the thick walls moderate the heat, and the trees and loggia provide shade. (Photo: Jonathan Taylor). Source: Circus eruption and the conversion of a Swansea chur Climate change: learning from the past in the Institute of Historic Building Conservations (IHBCs) Yearbook 2023. https://ihbc.org.uk/page55/yearbook/index.html Not for reuse.
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