Passive Cooling

by Jeffrey Cook and Maria Santos

Book Overview

Passive Cooling addresses all of the existing creative energyless means of keeping buildings cool. Passive Cooling addresses all of the existing creative energyless means of keeping buildings cool. Unlike passive heating, which draws on the sun, passive cooling relies on three natural heat sinks - the sky, the atmosphere, and the earth to achieve temperature moderation. This book describes and evaluates mechanisms for coupling buildings to these sinks...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262531712
• ISBN13: 9780262531719
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 606 Pages
• Weight: 1.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher