Can We Beat The Heat Without Air-Conditioning? | Talking Point | Full Episode

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Publicado 2024-07-01
It’s no secret that Singapore, and the world’s heating up – but did you know that some are hit harder than others? In this episode of Talking Point, host Steven Chia finds out how those who can’t afford air conditioning beat the heat, and together with a crack team of experts, initiates a makeover to help one family cool down.

00:00 Introduction
01:30 Hottest and coolest spaces in Singapore
04:38 Where in Singapore is most vulnerable to heat?
06:56 How a single mum is coping with the hot weather
09:06 The family’s battle with heat at night
11:11 Why the heat’s unbearable at home: Experts
13:32 Cooling solutions without air-conditioning
19:04 Cooling Singapore down: what can be done?
21:09 Two weeks after the cooling makeover

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Todos los comentarios (21)
  • @Maestro47
    You can escape heat, but you can't escape humidity. 29c with low humidity vs 29c at high humidity is a huge difference. You can stand in the shade doing nothing and still sweat like a pig.
  • @jasonlai1892
    Steven still looks the same after 2 decades. The voice, the hair. Ageless, timeless. Hope to see him host the CNA documentaries the next 2 decades.
  • @Funkteon
    As an Aussie guy who partly grew up in the central desert of Australia, I would gladly volunteer my time to help struggling Singaporeans in lower-income households escape the heat by helping them implement changes to their housing setup. I don't really need an income anymore as I run an online business, but I would love the opportunity to live long-term in Singapore to help folks in my favourite city in the world.
  • @mrvrendy
    Can say with experience that shaving our heads is the number 1 way to stay cool
  • @7error8lade
    I would love to open my windows but the smoking neighbours just forbid me from doing it... 😭
  • @tnductai
    the irony is: air con reduces heat inside the house, but increases the heat outside of the house, so that area as a whole will have higher heat.
  • @billyoon47
    Could someone advise Fiona to prepare more foods with green leaves instead of canned luncheon meats and French fries then her eldest and the third boys can reduce their skin issues, bad foods bring bad body reactions.
  • @nikibowe
    lmao the honestly of the homeowner, all those academics with their fancy equipment, simulations and solutions cant beat a good old aircon
  • @lameimei
    hot is not a issue, is the high huminity
  • @DALLEY_SANI
    As a northshore resident, the flats here are built not too close to each other and we are near to the sea which provides the cooling wind as opposed to other estates.
  • @winters4960
    As a fellow tropical & archipelago citizen who is living in Indonesia, we need to raise the talk about humidity. Bet some of us have never heard about RH level. We are living in high humidity level places, yet we rarely hear peoples complain about this. With the same temperature (24-27), but a slightly lower RH level can make us feel more comfortable "to live with".
  • @trishtan
    I lived in bedok surviving the heat for the past 30years only recently install aircon + ceiling fans in all my rooms. Realised that i don't rely that much on aircon only turn on when necessary but ceiling fan is a MUST once i stepped into the house. Highly recommend to install ceiling fan not only energy efficient, cost saving, save the space unlike standing fan and so much easier to clean as compared to orbit fan.
  • @Rav-pv2en
    What they failed to mention was that Bukit Timah has got all the rich people staying there. So, more place for trees and better living for the rich. Us staying in the HDB estates, we have to deal with it!
  • @AR-ek1jr
    Buy a good ceiling fan. My room feels air-conditioned with just a ceiling fan. Standing fan takes up space, my home used to have more than 10 of those, made a switch to ceiling fan, best decision of my life.
  • @ociiu
    It's not the heat but the humidity. I live in Arizona and it's 45c and I don't sweat
  • @basicbot7349
    It’s truly appreciable that the issue has been brought to light, however, such quirky ideas as furniture changes doesn’t make a huge difference.
  • @dadanger
    They may have eczema not from the sweat buy from the foods they eat