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Posted by Kris Krieger on November 17, 2007, 4:44 pm
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>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> I have had the chance to travel and have seen that in some
>>>> countries there are some effective solutions to keeping a building
>>>> cool, warm or simply making them work in the environment they are
>>>> in. Contrast this to some modern buildings which seem to ignore
>>>> completely the environment in which they are present. Some of the
>>>> design issue I see are:
>>>> - buildings which have roofs that aren't designed for the amount
>>>> of
>>>> rain or snow
>>>> - inefficient design for cooling
>>>>
>>>> In some of the counties I have visited I have seen, as smart of use
>>>> of 'technology' (does not have to be modern):
>>>> - tall rooms for keeping spaces cool
>>>> - large vertical chimneys that rise up beyond the building that are
>>>> designed to capture the moving wind, to extract the warm air in the
>>>> buildings
>>>> - stilts that help keep the building away from the damp and help
>>>> cooling of the building
>>>> - roofs that slant to reduce the impact of snow and rain on the
>>>> building
>>>>
>>>> These are just a few, though I would be curious to see what
>>>> seemingly simple building techniques that you have seen elsewhere
>>>> that could be used in our new buildings, to help them better fit
>>>> into its climate.
>>>>
>>>> Andre
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>>> Just about all the things you mentioned are incidentals, not
>>> methods. Ex:
>>> Not everyone can afford high ceilings and a house without a
>>> fireplace has no use for a chimney no matter how tall it is.
>>> ALL homes on barrier islands must be above sea level and if there
>>> isn't enough dirt than *stilts* will suffice and flat roofs that are
>>> designed properly work well with snow loads - just take a look at
>>> any walmart in northern climes-ever seen one collapse? Me neither.
>>>
>>> You're hitting and running and I'm not sure where you're
>>> going............
>>>
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>> The use of a chimney is not necessarily related to a fireplace AFAIK.
>> I've seen heat chimneys used to draw heat up out of a space in order
>> to cool the air it in one small area, and let it fall back down when
>> it cools.
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> I never heard of that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windcatcher
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>
> Of
>> course these look nothing like your standard fireplace chimneys. But
>> I agree with you on some of the rest of the stuff.
>>
>> --
>> Edgar
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