Greek Yogurt Slathered on Loughborough Windows Cools Homes by 3.5°C

While the yogurt film dried odorlessly in Leicester’s third UK heatwave, a 10% fat Greek variety reflected sunlight, turning windows into dairy shields. Trending searches for 'DIY heatwave solutions' and 'does yogurt block heat' now spark visions of suburban yogurt-splattered glass. As Dr Zoe De Grussa quipped, 'It's not your everyday hack.'
Greek yogurt on windows at Loughborough University dropped house temperatures by 3.5°C—top result for 'how to cool a house without AC' and 'weird home cooling hacks.' Imagine neighbors comparing window toppings as heatwave fashion.