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  2. Drain-waste-vent system - Wikipedia

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    In the U.S., every plumbing fixture must also be coupled to the system's vent piping. [1] Without a vent, negative pressure can slow the flow of water leaving the system, resulting in clogs, or cause siphonage to empty a trap. The high point of the vent system (the top of its "soil stack") must be open to the exterior at atmospheric pressure.

  3. Stack effect - Wikipedia

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    The stack effect or chimney effect is the movement of air into and ... This vertical movement of air creates a natural ventilation system that can significantly ...

  4. Burwood Sewer Vent - Wikipedia

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    The Burwood Sewer Vent is a heritage-listed sewer ventilation stack located at Railway Parade in the Sydney suburb of Burwood, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage in 1919. It is also known as Wentworth Road Sewer Vent and Railway Parade Sewer Vent.

  5. Solar chimney - Wikipedia

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    Stack ventilation naturally rising out through the stainless steel chimneys enhances the air flow through the building. The movement of air across the chimney tops enhances the stack effect. During warm, still days, the building relies mostly on the stack effect while air is taken from the shady north side of the building.

  6. North Sydney Sewer Vent - Wikipedia

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    The North Sydney Sewer Vent is a heritage-listed sewer ventilation stack located at the corner of Falcon Street and Warringah Freeway, North Sydney, North Sydney Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed and built by the Metropolitan Board of Water Supply and Sewerage. It is also known as North Sydney Sewer Vent and Alfred St Sewer Vent.

  7. Ventilation (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    A smart ventilation system adjusts ventilation rates in time or by location in a building to be responsive to one or more of the following: occupancy, outdoor thermal and air quality conditions, electricity grid needs, direct sensing of contaminants, operation of other air moving and air cleaning systems.

  8. Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning - Wikipedia

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    Ventilation on the downdraught system, by impulsion, or the 'plenum' principle, applied to schoolrooms (1899) Natural ventilation is the ventilation of a building with outside air without using fans or other mechanical systems. It can be via operable windows, louvers, or trickle vents when spaces are small and the architecture permits.

  9. Lincoln Street Ventilation Stack - Wikipedia

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    The Lincoln Street Ventilation Stack is a prominent landmark in Highgate, a suburb of Perth, Western Australia.Built by the Metropolitan Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Department in 1935 as a sewer vent, it is of brick construction rendered in Art Deco style and stands 38 metres (125 ft) tall, making it the second tallest sewer vent in Australia (after a 40-metre (130 ft) structure in ...