Temperature has great impact on material selection, colors, adhesives, change of strength, bonding, longevity, aging, financial cost, life cycle, and sustainability.
Temperature discolors the product, the plasticity is lost and the product becomes brittle, and the life expectancy is sharply reduced. Manufactures generally trail the real changing facts, since retooling, innovations, modifications of their existing production line, marketing, or additional cost of goods are not conducive of profit making companies.
In LinkedIn, a short while ago I addressed this, yet the impact and response was not widely received.
The century averaging data is no longer valid. Like in Storm of the Century, the actual years is now more like 125 years and not 100 years. Canada (and I mean the Country North of United States) had 122 degrees F (50 degrees C) temperatures with 486 sudden deaths.
Other impacts are: air conditioning loads will increase, forest fire incidences will increase in acreage and frequency, more power consumption, lack of water to cool the power production systems, and finally power outages.
Politicians will scramble for additional lectures on news media podiums, yet, reality will sink onto the public.
As designers and specifiers of equipment and materials, specially for the exterior, the search must begin now for best possible solutions and designs for the clients.
It is never too late to start.
Dr. Nour
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