{"id":235626,"date":"2023-04-01T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2023-04-01T14:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=235626"},"modified":"2023-04-02T17:44:57","modified_gmt":"2023-04-02T12:14:57","slug":"global-warming-will-cause-conditions-beyond-human-tolerance-this-will-impact-homes-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/global-warming-will-cause-conditions-beyond-human-tolerance-this-will-impact-homes-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Global warming will cause conditions beyond human tolerance \u2014 this will impact homes too"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cGlobal warming will cause conditions beyond human tolerance \u2014 this will impact homes too<\/strong>\u201d published in The Times of India <\/strong>on\u00a01st<\/sup> April 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Climate Change<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>about the impact of clime change on homes<\/strong><\/p>\n

News<\/strong>: The article discusses the impact of climate change on homes.<\/p>\n

What are some of the impacts of climate change on homes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Indoor house temperature is often two to three degrees below the outside temperature, especially in tropical countries.<\/p>\n

In the coming future, the indoor temperature is expected to rise to 36 to 38 degrees which is beyond human tolerance levels.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Further, the designs used for building homes are neither climate resilient nor good for health.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When building homes, high density and the number of units are preferred<\/strong> over the health advantages associated with climate adaptive building.<\/p>\n

How can houses become climate resilient?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In warmer countries like India, natural ventilation can play a key role<\/strong> because there isn\u2019t a sharp difference between indoor and outdoor temperatures.<\/p>\n

Roshan Daans, the traditional windows<\/strong> can also reduce heat slowly and intelligently.<\/p>\n

Vertical greening is also beneficial<\/strong>; however, it should not be used in places with high humidity.<\/p>\n

People also install exhaust fans on windows, leaving little space for ventilation. Hence, buoyancy driven ventilation<\/strong> will be needed to lower heat.<\/p>\n

It is also necessary to understand local climatic conditions before building houses. For example,<\/strong> tropical nations mustn\u2019t mimic the tall glass building model which comes from very different climatic zones.<\/p>\n

Further, factors like ease of using the technology, accessibility, awareness<\/strong> of co-benefits, affordable maintenance, etc. are responsible for adopting any climate resilient technology at homes.<\/p>\n

However, any such technology would also require social acceptance.<\/p>\n

Why is social acceptance necessary for adopting climate resilient technology at homes?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

As per a study, it was found that women in India are reluctant to use air conditioners for themselves.<\/strong>\u00a0In India, women didn\u2019t take many energy decisions independently<\/strong>, rather they are mostly dependent on males of their families.<\/p>\n

It was also found that despite temperatures over 30 degrees, women were not using air conditioners for themselves. Women suffer more than males from heat, which has a negative impact on their health and well-being.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Thus, approval across all genders and social classes is required for a climate resilient technology to succeed in the market.<\/p>\n

What can be the way ahead?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Sustainability 1.0 gave materials which are low carbon value chain systems<\/strong>. But Sustainability 2.0 means thinking about <\/strong>people-centric metrices like the acceptability indices of technology.<\/p>\n

Thus, engineers involved in developing such a kind of technology should also study the interaction between technology and society<\/strong> and understand people\u2019s aspirations and constraints.<\/p>\n

It will enable industry to help communities navigate climate change better within their homes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cGlobal warming will cause conditions beyond human tolerance \u2014 this will impact homes too\u201d published in The Times of India on\u00a01st April 2023. Syllabus: GS 3 \u2013 Climate Change Relevance: about the impact of clime change on homes News: The article discusses the impact of climate change on… Continue reading Global warming will cause conditions beyond human tolerance \u2014 this will impact homes too<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[408,409,216,10496],"class_list":["post-235626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-climate-change","tag-global-warming","tag-gs-paper-3","tag-times-of-india","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=235626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/235626\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=235626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=235626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=235626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}