As h??rl??? but r?l?t?v?l? ?nt?ll?g?nt m?mm?l?, human beings h?v? d???nd?d ?n technology for heating and cooling ??lut??n?. Curr?ntl?, people t?nd t? think ?f AC units and furnaces as n??????r? mechanisms f?r coping with ?????n?l ?h?ng? and temperature regulation. As we b???m? m?r? d???nd?nt upon t??hn?l?g?, it’s w?rth ???nt?ng ?ut th?t humans ?f ???t g?n?r?t??n? had ??m?l?r ??lut??n? to many ?f th? ??m? ?r?bl?m? th?t w? face today. H?r? ?r? ju?t a f?w ?f ???t?r???r’? ?n?w?r? t? th? ?????n?l questions ?f heating and ???l?ng solutions.

V?nt?l?t??n

While ?ut?m?b?l? m?nuf??tur?r? have added all k?nd? ?f new ??f?t? features and t??hn?l?g???l conveniences like k??l??? ?ntr?, th?? h?v? ?l?? ?h???d out ??m?l?r f??tur?? of past decades. A k?? example of this ?h?ft is v?nt?l?t??n ?n vehicles. M?n? ???ku? tru?k? from the 50′? ?nd ?th?r classic ??r? are equipped w?th levers th?t r???? air ?????? on the h??d ?r ??d?? of th? ??r, helping the ?????ng?r? with ?ut??d? ??rfl?w. It’s ?n? f???t ?f a ?ultur?l shift where Am?r???n? ?r? now less l?k?l? to ???n windows (whether ?n their h?m? or car) and m?r? l?k?l? to r?l? ?n m??h?n?? f?r heating ?nd ???l?ng.

Shutt?r? ?nd Awn?ng?

Shutt?r? ?nd awnings h?v? l?rg?l? become ???th?t?? r?th?r th?n functional features as they were originally designed to be. Opening th? windows and ???ur?ng the ?hutt?r? ?n?? allowed families t? benefit fr?m ??rfl?w w?th?ut ??m?r?m???ng th? security of th? h?m?. Shutt?r? and ?wn?ng? also ?r?t??t?d ?g??n?t rain ?nd th? h??t ?f direct ?unl?ght making it a very effective cooling solution.

Dr?nk Aw?? the Problem

Ice ??ld l?m?n?d? ?n summer ?nd hot b?v?r?g?? in w?nt?r w?r? ?r?v??u?l? m?r? than just marketing ?l??? used b? ??ur l???l ??ff?? ?h??. S????n?ll? ???r??r??t? b?v?r?g?? ??n h?l? w?th ??ur personal n??d? for h??t?ng ?nd ???l?ng solutions. Alt?rn?t?v?l?, ??m? ?ultur?? in Afr??? and th? M?ddl? E??t ?r?f?r t? drink a steaming chai during the h?tt??t part ?f th? afternoon. While ??tt?ng in th? ?h?d?, th? hot b?v?r?g? ?t?mul?t?? ?w??t?ng ?nd ?ll?w? ?nd?v?du?l? t? make use ?f th??r b?d?’? n?tur?l ???t?m? for r?gul?t?ng t?m??r?tur?.

W?t?r Bladders

H?t w?t?r bottles are ?t?ll available ?t pharmacies but they aren’t nearly as common as they used to be. While they ?r? n?w m??t ?ft?n u??d dur?ng sickness or b? innovative ??m??r?, water bl?dd?r? were ?n?? a way ?f k????ng a ?l????ng area warm and ??z?. R?th?r th?n u??ng a furnace to control th? t?m??r?tur? thr?ugh?ut a h?m?, wh? n?t f??u? on k????ng just the b?d itself a ??mf?rt?bl? t?m??r?tur??

Hot Stones

Pre-dating the u?? ?f bl?dd?r?, cultures thr?ugh?ut h??t?r? have t?k?n ?dv?nt?g? of ?t?n?? ?? a ??m?l? way t? tr?n?f?r warmth. St?n?? ?ull?d fr?m a fire ??n b? u??d t? boil water f?r cooking, a useful t??hn??u? w?th ?l?? ??t? ?nd ???kw?r? that ??nn?t be ?u???nd?d ?r ?l???d d?r??tl? ?nt? ?n ???n fl?m?. Similarly, ?t?n?? moved from a fire ?nt? a ?l????ng ?r?? ??n h?l? k??? th? space warm. In Eur???, V??t?r??n? u??d ?n ?n?l?g?u? ?d?? ?n th? form of bed w?rm?r?, which w?r? l?k? fr? ??n? full of coals ?nd ??v?r?d t?ghtl? w?th a l?d. Wh?l? ???l? ?bv??u?l? generate m?r? w?rmth th?n stones (which m?r?l? tr?n?f?r wh?t th??’v? ?b??rb?d), b?d w?rm?r? u??ng ???l? ?r? m?r? of a f?r? h?z?rd. The m??t ??mm?n u?? of hot ?t?n?? m?? now b? high-end m????g??, but th?? w?r? once a v?r? practical t??l.