Natural cooling architecture

Using natural circumstances to lessen the need for artificial or mechanical climate control is known as passive design Strategies. This means making the most of natural components by optimizing a building's layout, materials, openings, and orientation, which will ultimately improve environmental comfort. When these techniques are widely used, individual buildings become more ecologically friendly and their overall energy usage is drastically decreased.

Image 17 of 19 from gallery of L’Angolo Estate / LEVER Architecture. Plan Details

Project: Three Trees Location: Eagle Rock, California Large rocks squeezed into together by 'wood shelves' insulate the South face of the house. The rocks absorb the heat during the day lowering the solar gain. At night the rocks give heat back into into the air as the temperature outside drops. The rock wall and the desert climate work in concert to passively cool the house. Jeremy Levine Design www.jeremylevine.com

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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.

The Eastgate Center designed by Mick Pearce uses passive and energy-efficient mechanisms of climate control to cool residents.

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