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A new London skyscraper dubbed the "Walkie Talkie" has been blamed for reflecting light which melted parts of a car parked on a nearby street. :eek:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675
http://i.imgur.com/ZQm9tAP.jpg
(http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-23930675)
I believe a bus load of Caithnessians are on their way down to get a tan. :-)
Says more about car construction than the building to me.
It's just as well it wasn't a Renault Twizy, it would have completely melted. It reminds me of a pic I've seen on the web of an ice cream van that's melted on an extremely hot day.
Says more about car construction than the building to me.
The building in question has been constructed like a giant concave mirror which has resulted in the concentration of heat and light to a small area of a nearby road. This has been made worse by the ‘wrong’ kind of sunshine the south east has been enjoying recently. Elementary science any school pupil will recognise.
neilsermk1
03-Sep-13, 12:08
I do know that a few years ago in Toronto a business sucessfully pursued a claim against the designiers/occupiers of a neighbouring office block because the reflected sunlight from their new building had resulted in increased the air conditioning cost's for the claimant.
George Brims
05-Sep-13, 19:56
Same thing happened with the Disney Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. The buildings across the street were being cooked. They changed the metal sheeting on the outside to a more diffuse finish, which helped a bit.
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