cross-ventilation
Opposite windows, breeze
Cross-ventilation is airflow through a building created by openings on opposite or adjacent walls.
When windows or doors on different sides of a space are opened, air moves through naturally, cooling the interior without mechanical systems: The apartment has good cross-ventilation, so we rarely need air conditioning.
Architects design for cross-ventilation to reduce energy use.
Movement of atmosphere
- windowsGlass-filled wall openings
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- breezewayRoofed outdoor connector
- floor planArchitectural room arrangement
orientation · apertures · louvers · transom · clerestory · jalousie · building design · fenestration
Preliminary version of text
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- windAir current outdoors
- air circulationMovement of atmosphere indoors
- air movementFlow of atmosphere
fresh air · air exchange · convection · pressure differential · windward · leeward · air current · throughflow
Losing thermal energy
- tropicalOf hot, humid regions
- humidityMoisture in atmosphere
- monsoonSeasonal tropical wind pattern
- subtropicalClimate near the tropics
summer · temperature regulation · muggy · sweltering · equatorial · coastal · Mediterranean · heat dissipation
airflow
Movement of atmosphere
- windowsGlass-filled wall openings
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- breezewayRoofed outdoor connector
floor plan · orientation · apertures · louvers · transom · clerestory · jalousie · building design · fenestration · through-draft
draft
Preliminary version of text
- breezeLight, gentle air movement
- windAir current outdoors
- air circulationMovement of atmosphere indoors
air movement · fresh air · air exchange · convection · pressure differential · windward · leeward · air current · throughflow · wind-driven
cooling
Losing thermal energy
subtropical · summer · temperature regulation · muggy · sweltering · equatorial · coastal · Mediterranean · heat dissipation · sea breeze
- Airflowairflow, air flow, air circulation, air current, air vent
- passive designthermal mass, solar gain, daylighting, overhangs, sunspaces
cross-ventilationair conditioning
Indoor cooling system
mechanical ventilation · HVAC · forced-air heating · central air · climate control
cross-ventilationstagnant air
Atmosphere lacking movement
dead air · airlessness · stuffy · stuffiness · still air
cross, crosswalk, crossroad, ventilate, ventilation, ventilator