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Whole-house fans draw outside air through windows into the home and exhaust it into a vented attic

Whole-house fans draw outside air through windows into the home and exhaust it into a vented attic
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Whole-house fans or wind-driven cross ventilation can be used to draw air across thermal mass for a night flush strategy

Whole-house fans or wind-driven cross ventilation can be used to draw air across thermal mass for a night flush strategy
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Wind speeds increase significantly with height above ground

Wind speeds increase significantly with height above ground
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World's Whitest Paint: radiative cooling helps to fight climate change

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Wrong - this building provides no overhangs, minimal window shading, and clear window glass resulting in high solar heat gain.

Wrong - this building provides no overhangs, minimal window shading, and clear window glass resulting in high solar heat gain.
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Wrong – The south side of this building in Arizona has very little architectural or landscape shading to block solar heat gain.

Wrong – The south side of this building in Arizona has very little architectural or landscape shading to block solar heat gain.
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Wrong – This multi family building appears to be done in traditional southwest architecture but the lack of useful overhangs, dark colored walls, and lack of tinting on windows will result in significant solar heat gain.

Wrong – This multi family building appears to be done in traditional southwest architecture but the lack of useful overhangs, dark colored walls, and lack of tinting on windows will result in significant solar heat gain.
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Wrong: Single sided ventilation without at least two windows, wing walls, and predictable wind directions is ineffective for generating wind-driven crossflow.

Wrong: Single sided ventilation without at least two windows, wing walls, and predictable wind directions is ineffective for generating wind-driven crossflow.