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Natural cooling and ventilation as used by termites:
Architect Mick Pearce and engineering firm Arup designed Zimbabwe’s largest office and shopping complex, Eastgate Centre
to use 100% outside air as the sole source of cooling for the
building. This “passive cooling” method, which uses only about 10%
of the energy of a mechanically air-conditioned system, uses natural
convection currents (assisted by fans) to provide fresh, cool air to the
building. This design was inspired by African termites that use a
similar temperature control system in their mounds, as described by
Abigail Doan in her Inhabitat blog post.
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