Rather than giving a disquisition on the etymology of the word "jalousie", the owner should say the incompletely-closing glass slats let in the cold and noise. This could be solved by installing double-paned windows. It would save energy costs in the long run, as would insulating the walls and roof. We did this in our Sonoran desert house and don't need to turn on the heat as much as we did in this air bnb.