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 ...

Long before our reliance on air-conditioning, Dubai's old town kept people's homes cool using a combination of clever ...

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 ...

Passive architecture is “changing the quality of peoples’ lives, definitely,” says Chris Benedict, another Passive House pioneer. Timothy Greenfield-Sanders / Energy.gov.

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 ...

As temperatures continue to rise, buildings that are not based on traditional, passive cooling architecture will become more expensive to run. “That’s surely going to become a problem, ...

Passive solar architecture is a design strategy that optimizes a building’s energy efficiency and long-term sustainability. By relying on a building site’s solar orientation and climate ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 : ...

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