09-11-2009, 09:36 PM
This is referencing those lots in Waa Waa not along the beach with good wind exposure.
Jake if you go screen house... water recirculation on your roof would be a good idea. The IR transmission through a composite or single layer roof accompanied by the screen blocking the intermittent light breezes induces a rather uncomfortable atmosphere during the summer. The winter may be alright, I’ve yet to be in Waa Waa for that, I would assume its fine though. It is possible to acclimate but it will come at a cost, it will mean slowing way down (I noticed this a great deal in all the Waa Waa residents I spoke with, they may not be aware of it) and I don’t mean regular Hawaii Big Island slow, I mean additionally slow.
All the homes I lived in out in Hawaii were fine without AC, but Waa Waa can really get tough if your place isn’t set up for it . When we got back to Leilani Estates, be it for lunch or whatever, it was much cooler. In Waa Waa because of the humidity and relative still air, sweating is not very effective at cooling in the summer. I would liken it to Arizona on a 100+ degree day, though it may only be 80 in Waa Waa. One morning we had 78 in Waa Waa and it was extremely uncomfortable, yet Leilani was 82 and fine. The next day in Waa Waa it was 84 and cooler feeling than the day before. Humidity is really odd out there and can be amplified by rainfall/ground moisture and its evaporation. It’s not unlike most jungle type environments. I experienced this when living in La Placita, Michoacan, Mexico also.
So when I say it’s different than many other parts of Hawaii, I mean just that, which evidently is something that many in Puna are not aware of by reading some of the snide remarks concerning AC. So keep in mind Jungle type environment and not typical in the breeze or higher elevations Hawaii.
Added:
Near as I can figure.
Waa Waa - full of gulches, gullies, grooves; gullied, furrowed, grooved. Desolate, uninhabited.
If you're up for the challenge; there's Waa Waa.
Perfect? Depends on what you're after.
E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.
Jake if you go screen house... water recirculation on your roof would be a good idea. The IR transmission through a composite or single layer roof accompanied by the screen blocking the intermittent light breezes induces a rather uncomfortable atmosphere during the summer. The winter may be alright, I’ve yet to be in Waa Waa for that, I would assume its fine though. It is possible to acclimate but it will come at a cost, it will mean slowing way down (I noticed this a great deal in all the Waa Waa residents I spoke with, they may not be aware of it) and I don’t mean regular Hawaii Big Island slow, I mean additionally slow.
All the homes I lived in out in Hawaii were fine without AC, but Waa Waa can really get tough if your place isn’t set up for it . When we got back to Leilani Estates, be it for lunch or whatever, it was much cooler. In Waa Waa because of the humidity and relative still air, sweating is not very effective at cooling in the summer. I would liken it to Arizona on a 100+ degree day, though it may only be 80 in Waa Waa. One morning we had 78 in Waa Waa and it was extremely uncomfortable, yet Leilani was 82 and fine. The next day in Waa Waa it was 84 and cooler feeling than the day before. Humidity is really odd out there and can be amplified by rainfall/ground moisture and its evaporation. It’s not unlike most jungle type environments. I experienced this when living in La Placita, Michoacan, Mexico also.
So when I say it’s different than many other parts of Hawaii, I mean just that, which evidently is something that many in Puna are not aware of by reading some of the snide remarks concerning AC. So keep in mind Jungle type environment and not typical in the breeze or higher elevations Hawaii.
Added:
Near as I can figure.
Waa Waa - full of gulches, gullies, grooves; gullied, furrowed, grooved. Desolate, uninhabited.
If you're up for the challenge; there's Waa Waa.
Perfect? Depends on what you're after.
E ho'a'o no i pau kuhihewa.