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  2. Ventilation (architecture) - Wikipedia

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    Natural ventilation is the intentional passive flow of outdoor air into a building through planned openings (such as louvers, doors, and windows). Natural ventilation does not require mechanical systems to move outdoor air. Instead, it relies entirely on passive physical phenomena, such as wind pressure, or the stack effect. Natural ventilation ...

  3. Basement - Wikipedia

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    A walk-out basement is any basement that is partially underground but nonetheless allows egress directly outdoors and has floating walls. This can either be through a stairwell leading above ground, or a door directly outside if a portion of the basement is completely at or above grade. Many walk-out basements are also daylight basements.

  4. 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.

  5. Are Bedrooms With No Windows a New Trend? - AOL

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    Forget the room with a view -- in fact, you can forget the room with a window. Don't be surprised to discover during your next apartment hunt a strange phenomenon -- a windowless bedroom.

  6. Passive ventilation - Wikipedia

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    The ventilation system of a regular earthship Dogtrot houses are designed to maximise natural ventilation. 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.

  7. 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.

  8. The sneaky, smart reasons malls have no windows - AOL

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    The first round of malls in the mid-to-late 1950s did have more architecture on the outside, Lange said. “But the mall owners found that there was no increase in consumer interest based on that ...

  9. Why is it so hard to crack down on some landlords who won't ...

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    Eight remaining repairs orders — missing downspouts and an overhead garage door, a meter that needs replaced, windows in the basement and storm door that need fixed, and more — must be ...