Terracotta (ceramic) cooler
Evaporative cooling of water from the surface of the ceramic material known as terracotta (terracotta). Water absorption terracotta keeps the material constantly moist. This property is used to cool the rooms.
Mashrabyia – cooling niche
Mashrabiya was, and still is, a popular construction element of the urban multi-storey houses in the Middle and the Middle east, or North Africa. It's about the niche in the first and higher floor
Green facade– natural shield against overheating the house
I'm sure you've already seen houses with walls overgrown with the vegetation. Above all, such a house has a nice view. The green color is soothing. The house is also more involved in the immediate vicinity and resonate with
Socrates ' solar house
Already the ancient Greeks didn't want in their homes in the winter freezing and summer boil. Therefore, devising solutions for its time very progressive. At present, many architects are turning to
Bâdgir – wind tower (scraper wind)
Temperatures are rising, and central Europe, including our country is slowly moving from a moderate podnebného zones to the subtropics. Ancient cooling and ventilation inventions that I still could only see in the south
Evaporative cooler
Wind, water, evaporizér! Do you know the pleasant coolness in the summer wet t-shirt and a wind? The water from the t-shirts evaporates and you just have felt the effect of an evaporative cooler. Device
Geothermal tunnel
Bury the pipe and you'll see. It is possible to use the energy, which is located just a few meters below the surface of the heating, cooling? Of course, heat pumps ground water used this possibility. But it is possible
Solar chimney
Why would the Sun not cool? Use a chimney to ventilate is certainly not a novelty. Use the chimney to the cooling is quite an interesting feat. Solar chimney increases the energy of the Sun to move the chimney.