Ancient cooling system

Inspired by Paelestinian jarrah, the Nave Air Conditioning system is a wall made of terra-cotta that uses water and natural evaporation to cool down a room.

I live sunny south Florida, where the temperature rarely drops below 60 degrees during the day, and the humidity level in the summer is usually hovering at around 100%. Summers...

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How Ancient "air conditioner" has been used to create natural ventilation and passive cooling in buildings throughout Africa and Asia for centuries

This diagram shows how a wind catcher creates positive pressure on the windward side and negative pressure on the leeward side and how in doing so cool fresh air is pulled in and circulates the hot stale air out, it does a good job showing this by being very simple to read and shows just the basics of how the process works

Ancient people had a lot of modern luxuries. No Internet, though, so we still win.

In this video I attempt to build an air conditioner out of clay! This is actually a traditional technique used to keep water cool in hot climates, but creative folks today are trying to rework this ancient water-cooling method into passive air cooling systems! The best part about this is they use no electricity, so are a eco-friendly solution to keeping your home cool in summer. Let me know what you think! Would you ever use this in your home?

Cheap, low-energy evaporative cooling devices are keeping water, food, people, and even whole buildings cool across India.

If ever you’ve noticed cloudless nights are colder than cloudy ones, then you’ve experienced Night Sky Radiant Cooling. The temperature of the surface of the earth is relatively …