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Wind ventilation uses the force of the wind to pull air through the building. Learn how this is the easiest form of passive cooling and ventilation.
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Natural ventilation, also called passive ventilation, uses natural outside air movement and pressure differences to both passively cool and ventilate a building. Natural ventilation is important because it can provide and move fresh air without fans. For warm and hot climates, it can help meet a building's cooling loads without using mechanical air conditioning systems. This can be a large fraction of a building's total energy use.
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Stack ventilation uses temperature to move air whereas Bernoulli's principle uses wind speed to move air. Learn how to design for these ventilations.
70+ Uses for Wood Ash
If you're heating with wood, there's always plenty of wood ash to go around. While you may be hard-pressed to think of uses for wood ash in a modern home, historically it was used in