Passive cooling techniques

Why do buildings need to be ventilated?

techniques used for a more sustainable cooling system than the typical air conditioning

One of the best ways to create a perfect home is to create it with respect to the natural elements acting up around it, good architecture exists in harmony with nature. Passive Cooling does not only give user comfort, but it also saves energy making the house sustainable. There are a lot of passive cooling techniques but here are some that can be applied to your future home in the tropics.

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Passive cooling systems are a type of building design that uses natural processes to cool a building without the use of mechanical systems.

Passive cooling systems are a type of building design that uses natural processes to cool a building without the use of mechanical systems.

This diagram shows how passive ventilation can be utilized differently depending on the season. when it's winter the warm air is trapped to provide insulation & in the summer the warm air is flushed. cool air is constantly flowing through. I think it is successful because of how the air movement ribbons are a gradient to accurately show warm + cool air. Having the summer & winter conditions next to each other is a successful use of showing the passive design during different times of the…

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1960's house refurb environmental diagram