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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Yes, I remember now that they use fans,
rather than having the inhabitants circulate through different
parts of the building to distribute heat/cooling with their bodies
the way termites do.<br>
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If I recall correctly the point that they were pushing here is
that they're using fans and fresh air - and yes, RT, the diurnal
cycle - to take care of heating/cooling in the building instead of
refrigeration technology, sealed windows, and the like that all
the other large buildings in nearly every city in the world use.
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On 3/25/13 3:35 PM, Derek Stearns Roff wrote:<br>
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aware, there's a building in Zimbabwe that emulates a
termite mound's cooling:</div>
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<div>And just in case you weren't aware of how termites build, the
article tells us that, just like termites, "fresh air is pulled
in by rows of big fans 10 meters above street level", and "The
air is changed twice per hour during the day and seven times per
hour at night, using larger fans to speed cooling." </div>
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<div>Now THAT's natural building! (According to this journalist).
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<div>Derek</div>
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