n the daytime to block out the
heat. Then over the years, Hay and a man named John Yellott constructed a 3- by
3.7-m building using water basins as the actual roofing material. During the
summer, a slab of foam insulation was rolled back at night, and the water would
become cold through the night sky evaporation. Since the water supply sat
directly on a metal ceiling, it absorbed the heat from the room and kept the
building air-conditioned all day. During the winter, t
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