• HerbGrower@slrpnk.net
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    15 hours ago

    Looks more like a cool garden feature than something for cooling your house, or is this more to counter the urban heat island while in your garden?

    Needs more greenery on it but hopefully that would grow with time.

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      14 hours ago

      they mentioned their patio in the video so I think it’s a way to keep things a bit cooler while they are sitting outside

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        14 hours ago

        Could be interesting to try something like that, don’t have anything like as much space though. Wonder what kind of water consumption rate to expect. If something useful could be grown in it then that would also be a large benefit.

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          5 hours ago

          Wonder what kind of water consumption rate to expect

          This is rainwater recycled!

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            3 hours ago

            Sure, but you can only store so much rainwater and I haven’t seen rain in almost 2 months. In England! My plants would like some of the rainwater I have stored too and its very limited.

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              2 hours ago

              The water drips down into the containment area where it’s pumped back up so I believe it is quite cyclical and efficient.

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                2 hours ago

                Evaporative cooling means water is evaporating. With such a large area, potentially a fair bit of it.