Passive Ventilation

What is Passive Ventilation?

Using air motion across the skin to promote thermal comfort

How do you figure out how the wind will work?

Then What?

The Wind Can Act in a lot of Different Ways

What Does this Look Like to You?

What About Houses with More than One Floor?

Hot Air Rises!Interaction of Heat and Ventilation

Traditional Building Methods: Wind Scoops

Davis House, Corrales, NM

Traditional Building Methods: Saltbox House

You Can Figure Out How The Wind Works in Any House!!First, draw the rooms in the house, and the

direction that the wind blows.

You Can Figure Out How The Wind Works in Any House!!

Then, connect the arrows using the straightest lines you can make. Remember, wind can only go through open doors and windows, not walls!

Linkshttp://activerain.com/blogsview/1205564/too-hot-to-blog-dog-days-of-summer

http://www.lifed.com/6-ways-to-beat-the-heat-for-less

Heating, Cooling, Lighting: Sustainable Design Methods for Architects by Norbert Lechner