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  2. Ridge vent - Wikipedia

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    A ridge vent is a type of vent installed at the peak of a sloped roof which allows warm, humid air to escape a building's attic. Ridge vents are most common on shingled residential buildings. Ridge vents are also used in industrial warehouses to help release the hot air and help circulate comfortable air inside the building .

  3. Attic fan - Wikipedia

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    An attic fan installed underneath a roof A powered attic ventilator , or attic fan , is a ventilation fan that regulates the heat level of a building's attic by exhausting hot air. A thermostat is used to automatically turn the fan off and on, while sometimes a manual switch is used.

  4. Passive ventilation - Wikipedia

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    A roof turbine ventilator, colloquially known as a 'Whirly Bird' is an application of wind driven ventilation. Passive ventilation is the process of supplying air to and removing air from an indoor space without using mechanical systems .

  5. Ventilation (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Reid advocated the installation of a very advanced ventilation system in the new House. His design had air being drawn into an underground chamber, where it would undergo either heating or cooling. It would then ascend into the chamber through thousands of small holes drilled into the floor, and would be extracted through the ceiling by a ...

  6. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    Rooftop HVAC unit with view of fresh-air intake vent Ventilation duct with outlet diffuser vent. These are installed throughout a building to move air in or out of rooms. In the middle is a damper to open and close the vent to allow more or less air to enter the space. The control circuit in a household HVAC installation.

  7. Heat and smoke vent - Wikipedia

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    The majority of guidance available for design of heat and smoke building vents installed in buildings is restricted to nonsprinklered, single-story buildings. [4] This is partly a historical consequence of the installation of heat and smoke vents following the August 1953 General Motors, Livonia, MI major fire in a nonsprinklered manufacturing facility which effectively stopped the production ...

  8. Duct (flow) - Wikipedia

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    Galvanized mild steel is the standard and most common material used in fabricating ductwork because the zinc coating of this metal prevents rusting and avoids cost of painting. For insulation purposes, metal ducts are typically lined with faced fiberglass blankets (duct liner) or wrapped externally with fiberglass blankets (duct wrap).

  9. Solar updraft tower - Wikipedia

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    Manzanares Solar Chimney viewed through the polyester collector roof In 1982, a small-scale experimental model of a solar draft tower [ 24 ] was built in Manzanares, Ciudad Real , 150 km south of Madrid , Spain at 39°02′34.45″N 3°15′12.21″W  /  39.0429028°N 3.2533917°W  / 39.0429028; -3.2533917  ( Manzanares Solar Updraft