Nothing is more rational than using the wind, a natural, free, renewable and healthy resource, to improve the thermal comfort of our projects. The awareness of the finiteness of the resources and the ...

Solar chimneys and natural ventilation systems represent a sustainable approach to enhancing indoor air quality while reducing energy consumption. By harnessing solar radiation, these passive devices ...

At a scale unheard of in their home country, American architecture firms are using natural ventilation to achieve energy savings, resilience, and patient comfort in two major health-care projects in ...

"The Study of Coordinated Fire Attack Utilizing Acquired Structures,” a multi-year project that is funded by the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program, ...

LEADER has developed an online, interactive course on fire ventilation. Control the air to control the fire. Smoke is the real danger of fires in enclosed areas. When fires burn, the thick dense smoke ...

In certain parts of the country, working inside of a power plant during summer can be very challenging on both personnel and equipment. Also, the higher you go inside a power plant, the hotter it gets ...

Automation is everywhere around us - our homes, furniture, offices, cars, and even our clothing; we have become so accustomed to being surrounded by automated systems that we have forgotten what life ...

When the 456-meter-tall Kunming Junfa Dongfeng Square tower opens in Kunming City, China, in mid-2017, it will stand as one of the world’s tallest naturally ventilated buildings. Roughly ...