ABSTRACT
Passive Ventilation Systems Bio-climatic chart review Cross ventilation Specific window opening locations & sizes Wind catchers Night cooled mass Mechanically assisted systems
Introduction to passive ventilation
Most decisions affecting the energy use of a building happen during schematic design.The basic form and siting of a building determines most of its efficiency potential and trying to make changes to overall shape or location late in project development is difficult or impossible.Therefore a basic understanding of how to work with the environment can affect the earliest stages of design, whiles other architectural issues are also being considered synthetically.
