Documenting and Conserving Hawai’i Midcentury Modernism (Docomomo Hawaii)
Channel: ThinkTech Hawaii
Date: 2019-01-16

Jalousies, Fuel-Free Ventilation.  From the 1940s into the 1970s, buildings of all kinds in Hawaii used jalousie (louvered) windows. Low-tech in construction and perfectly adapted to a tropical climate, jalousies seemed to be everywhere in the Hawaiian Islands. Increased use of air conditioning has wiped out jalousies, and our reliance on fossil fuels continues.

The host for this episode is Desoto Brown.  The guest for this episode is Don Hibbard.

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