I'm convinced there's forces out there who are trying to make these projects deliberately not work so that we can all collectively discredit the idea.

Naturally ventilated airports would probably have issues with fumes. Might not be a great idea.

If I believe correctly the Dyson headquarters was designed to be fairly efficient as well.

My father in laws house was intentionally designed to be naturally ventilated, thermal mass concrete slab in the middle, etc. And it's comfortably cool even on 40 degree days.

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daedrdev a day ago | parent | next [-]

The issue is continuous heatwaves, when you either buy ac or start to die. No passive cooling can help you when the nights stay hot

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viraptor a day ago | parent | prev [-]

> Naturally ventilated airports would probably have issues with fumes.

I'm confused. Do you mean from the food places? Those need proper extraction anyway. Or the cars/planes? Then mechanically ventilated airports take the air basically from outside anyway.

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rrr_oh_man a day ago | parent [-]

> Then mechanically ventilated airports take the air basically from outside anyway.

This is not how A/C works.

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klardotsh a day ago | parent | next [-]

Depends on whether an ERV/HRV or other fresh air intake system is involved, I guess. In a space like an airport with so many people, you do have to cycle in fresh air somehow, it can’t just be a sealed space.

	▲	rrr_oh_man 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fair point

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viraptor a day ago | parent | prev [-]

No, that's how ventilation works. They can be independent and you need both. Closed loop A/C provides no ventilation.

	▲	rrr_oh_man 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I don't disagree