building ventilation in hot climates rule #1: priorities
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Benoit Cushman‐RoisinENGS 44
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Building Ventilationin hot climates
Rule #1: Priorities
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Types of passive cooling techniques
1. Cooling with ventilation‐ Night flush (using cold night air to pre‐cool building for next day)‐ Comfort ventilation (day or night, to promote evaporation from skin)
2. Radiant cooling‐ Direct radiant cooling (through roof structure, out to night sky)‐ Indirect radiant cooling (heat loss to night sky
transferred to a fluid that in turn cools the structure)
3. Evaporative cooling‐ Direct evapora on (water spray at air inlet, T↓ but RH ↑)‐ Indirect evaporative cooling (water sprayed on roof to cool roof)
4. Earth cooling‐ Direct coupling (earth embankment)‐ Indirect coupling (air entering structure by way of buried tubes)
5. Dehumidification with a dessicant(for removal of latent heat in the humidity)
Ventilation rules for hot climates
Hot & dry climate → Night flush ven la on (in combina on with good thermal mass)
Hot & humid climate → Comfort ven la on (and as li le thermal mass as possible)
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The benefit of ventilation
Mind the microclimates on a hill, and take advantage of them.
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Using the wind effectivelyPart 1: Orientation of the structure & pitch of roof
Using the wind effectivelyPart 2: Using the Venturi effect (lower air pressure where air flows faster)
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Using the wind effectivelyPart 3: Stack effect (hot air rising by buoyancy)
Examples of solar chimneys:
From small to large
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Using the wind effectivelyPart 4: Placement of operable windows
If inlet and outlet do not have the same size
NOT SO GOOD VERY GOOD
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Small windows and lots of thermal mass for hot and dry places
Greece
Turkey
More examples of historical and indigenous use of passive cooling
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Courtyards are self‐shading and may be combined with evaporative cooling.
Replica of a Roman Villa at the Getty Museum in California
Large pools of water frequently helped cool Roman villas in sunny and dry Italy.
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House of Loreio Tiburtino in Pompeii, Italy
As is now As it probably was in Roman times
Dining terrace was cooled by an indoor water canal.A grapevine pergola provided shade.The terrace is oriented to the south for winter heating.
Massive dome structures for hot and dry climate:
Sun shines from near top, seeing only the footprint of the structure, but night time cooling is through the broader surface of the dome.
The dome offers the additional benefit of much thermal mass.
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Traditional construction in the Southeast USA (hot & humid) before the invention of air conditioning
All the structures have operable windows.
A well designed mansion in Virginia, making use of the stack effect (hot air rises into the belvedere over the open staircase)
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NIGHT
DAY
Radiant Cooling:Another form of natural ventilation combined with thermal mass
Using the ground temperature for passive cooling