Ventilation using earth tubes

A new theatre at Bedales school, designed by Hampshire County Architects, includes on Its green agenda a cooling system made from underground concrete pipes, through which cold air is driven.

Cooling channel

Cutting out the cooling

Advanced solar low-energy buildings. Task 13 of IEA's solar heating and cooling programme.

The energy consumption for heating has in many countries been greatly reduced over the last few years. This is mostly achieved by the use of traditional energy conservation and solar technologies. The total energy consumption, especially in residential buildings, is, however, still large and warrants considerable effort. To obtain a significant further reduction in the energy consumption for heating, and also to reduce the consumption for cooling, ventilation, and lighting, it has become necessary to develop new building concepts.

Affordable cooling with window air conditioners.

New research shows that replacing low efficiency window air conditioners with high-efficiency units can produce measurable savings and can be cost-effective in homes with high air conditioning electricity consumption.

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