Sentences with phrase «more natural ventilation»
Brown wants to figure out how to use more natural ventilation to cool hospitals and reduce their energy footprint.
http://discovermagazine.com/ Not exact matches
Every college campus that is more than 50 or 60 years old used to rely on natural ventilation as its only breathing - air system.
Natural fibres such as cotton or wool will give your body more ventilation, and keep it cooler.
In Ecuador, the climate is a bit different; it appears more important to have lots of natural ventilation.
We've reached out ZHA for more information on its sustainable features, but know that it includes sun - deflecting louvers, natural ventilation, and a focus on increasing daylight inside to minimize artificial lighting requirements.
The Harvard Gazette has published a new interview with Founding Director Ali Malkawi about CGBC's retrofit of HouseZero, which strives «to produce more energy than it consumes — with zero carbon emissions and using daylighting and natural ventilation instead of an HVAC system — while serving as a learning center for students and a testing ground for emerging technologies.»
As noted by the article, the project hopes to achieve multiple sustainability goals — including entirely natural lighting, ventilation, and... Read more
The Harvard Gazette has published a new interview with Founding Director Ali Malkawi about CGBC's retrofit of HouseZero, which strives «to produce more energy than it consumes — with zero carbon emissions and using daylighting and natural ventilation instead of... Read more
From an exergy efficiency perspective, building technologies which rely on solar, wind and biomass energy sources, coupled to thermally efficient envelopes, appropriate fenestration strategies [where we put what kind and size of windows] and natural ventilation / cooling are truly more elegant than «cutting butter with a chainsaw.»
(it appears that they wanted more windows and natural ventilation).
I meant it as a compliment; we need more dumb buildings that work like buildings used to, with natural light and ventilation, and without what Donovan Rypkema calls «green thingies» - expensive new technologies when older, simpler methods are more appropriate.
That means supplementing energy savings with more thoughtful features like daylighting and natural ventilation through energy - efficient skylights, using solar - powered water heaters, and employing intelligent controls for skylights, other lighting and heating / cooling systems.