Weather WTF

[Valmy]

Those sloped roofs look ideal for solar panels Syt

Though I guess they might be covered with snow for much of the year.

40 days until October and relief from this heat! I cannot wait!

[Syt]

Though I guess they might be covered with snow for much of the year.

Snow in Vienna

If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.

[Valmy]

Well so much for my romantic image of snow covered Chistmas Markets.

We have gigantic thunderstorms, so even though we can go weeks of bone dry scorching heat there is still plenty of rain over the course of a year. I hope you like flash flooding if you live by a creek/pond/river.

So then put some panels on those roofs Vienna!

[Sheilbh]

If we have a week of snow, it's a lot. We're not exactly in the mountains. Vienna in general doesn't have that much precipitation. Based on Wiki, Austin, TX has 34.32 inches annual precipitation on average vs Vienna's 25.6.

And in my London's quite dry comments - annual precipitation in London's around 22-23 inches. Very rarely snow and if we get snow it will probably cause the city to temporarily collapse

[garbon]

BBC has just upgraded forecast to London to 34 on Friday.

And staying around there until Wednesday when, hopefully, a storm will break it.

I like hot weather, but London is not built for this

I can't wait for the predicted thunderstorms.

[Syt]

So then put some panels on those roofs Vienna!

A lot of house owners worry they will devalue their buildings. I think where attics are converted into lofts they are putting them in quite a bit, though.

[Valmy]

Huh. Over here it has the opposite effect as far as home values go.

[Sheilbh]

I can't wait for the predicted thunderstorms.

Same - but they keep pushing the estimate time back. When I was looking at the weather this weekend it was apparently going to break on Monday/Tuesday. Then this morning it's on Wednesday. Now it's Thursday.

Until then we're just going to hit 35

[Syt]

Huh. Over here it has the opposite effect as far as home values go.

Well, people like to keep their buildings the way they are for "the classic flair". There might also be bureaucratic hurdles, and then we're not even talking about buildings (like mine) which are under preservation.

[Valmy]

Pity. Maybe eventually they will make them to resemble traditional euro roof shingles.

[Syt]

I looked up the latest on it. For newly built commercial real estate, solar panels on the roof are mandatory since 2014, this will be expanded for buildings of education, and residential properties (with the exception of one and two family homes). Exception: if solar panels can't be installed for "technical, legal, or economic reasons".

I assume the rules apply to major renovations, but I'm not sure.

[Syt]

Interesting number: Vienna is offering €13.7 million in subsidies for solar panels this year. On the other hand it spent €40 million in sending restaurant vouchers to all households in Vienna to aid restaurants during Corona.

[Sheilbh]

London's way behind the rest of the country on solar and it is quite difficult because, for example, there's a lot more rented properties. The tenant isn't going to spend money improving a property that isn't theirs and the landlord doesn't get the benefit of lower energy bills, so there's no real incentive. And lots of buildings are either purpose built flats or converted into flats which mean there's multiple owners you need to deal with to get consent to change the building.

Hopefully it's something they're trying to improve, but we don't do nearly enough.

[Syt]

The tenant isn't going to spend money improving a property that isn't theirs and the landlord doesn't get the benefit of lower energy bills, so there's no real incentive. And lots of buildings are either purpose built flats or converted into flats which mean there's multiple owners you need to deal with to get consent to change the building.

Very similar in Vienna. Pretty much in many bigger European cities, I wager.

[garbon]

I can't wait for the predicted thunderstorms.

Same - but they keep pushing the estimate time back. When I was looking at the weather this weekend it was apparently going to break on Monday/Tuesday. Then this morning it's on Wednesday. Now it's Thursday.

Until then we're just going to hit 35

Yes the forecasting has been lacking.