Ventilation

Ventilation

Air movement keeps you cool by increasing the rate at which moisture evaporates from your skin. You'll need more air movement as humidity increases.

You can harness air movement by:

• orienting your home to catch the prevailing breeze
• using passive ventilation to get air circulating through your home
• combining passive ventilation with ceiling fans to direct the incoming cooler air where you need it.

Passive ventilation uses doors, windows, vents, louvres and other openings to let fresh air into and through your home. This helps to provide cooling, as well as removing moisture and airborne pollutants.

Leave your windows open to let breezes through your house.

See Ventilation and Orientation for more.