1. Passive Ventilation

2. What is Passive Ventilation? Using air motion across the skin to promote thermal comfort

3. How do you figure out how the wind will work?

4. Then What?

5. The Wind Can Act in a lot of Different Ways

6. What Does this Look Like to You?

7. What About Houses with More than One Floor?

8. Hot Air Rises! Interaction of Heat and Ventilation

9. Traditional Building Methods: Wind Scoops

10. Davis House, Corrales, NM

11. Traditional Building Methods: Saltbox House

12. 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.

13. 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!

14. Links http://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