Architects like Francis Kere are championing sustainable, passive cooling designs for schools in hot climates, reducing the ...

When prize-winning architect Francis Kere was growing up in Burkina Faso he spent his schooldays in a gloomy classroom that ...

Measures that improve passive survivability rely on climatic resources and the physical properties of materials; in the realm of cooling, these include cool night air and wind for use in advective ...

Buildings coated in a cement-based paint that “sweats” could help keep communities cool during the hottest days of the year. The substance is known as CCP-30, and its creators say initial ...

The solution in tropical rainforests lies in passive cooling. Architecture that integrates natural ventilation strategies—such as open floor plans, ventilated facades, and the stack effect—can ...

The focus is on integrating living systems—such as evaporative cooling, water filtration, and climate-responsive solutions—into the programming itself, redefining interior design as both aesthetic and ...

According to the study, the passive cooling tech relies on a three-layer setup that includes a solar reflector, an evaporator plus emitter, and insulation.

A tailored indoor setup for reproducible passive daytime cooling characterization. Cell Reports Physical Science , 2022; 100986 DOI: 10.1016/j.xcrp.2022.100986 Cite This Page : ...

QR3D is Singapore’s first-ever multi-story 3D printed house built with a passive cooling void by local architecture firm Park + Associates.

Those passive cooling measures — coupled with faster improvements in energy efficiency and a more stringent phaseout of high-polluting refrigerants, called hydrofluorocarbons — could reduce ...

With techniques such as cross-ventilation and materials such as clay, architects around the world are adapting schools to ...