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They will instead build windows for the sake of cross-ventilation and lower utility bills.
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Single shotgun cottages lack hallways, allowing for efficient cross-ventilation in every room.
Houses of the Future 2009
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Frank Ooms This house, called Hacienda JaJa, in Alamo Heights, Texas, has lots of porches and is set among the oak trees to maximize cross-ventilation and get the most natural daylight.
Homes That Go Local 2011
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Single shotgun cottages lack hallways, allowing for efficient cross-ventilation in every room.
Houses of the Future 2009
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The pioneers served several purposes: they established the headings of the main tunnels so that once crews began excavating from opposite portals toward each other they would be sure to meet in the middle; they allowed for cross-ventilation in the main cut; and they provided the tunneling crews with useful clues to the geological conditions ahead.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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The houses have been arranged so that each has an open staircase atrium, which provides for efficient horizontal and vertical circulation and well-distributed natural light and cross-ventilation in the interior spaces.
Rainbow Eco Office Showcases Entire Spectrum of Green Building Strategies | Inhabitat 2010
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In renovation and new construction alike, high ceilings, better cross-ventilation, whole-house fans, screened porches, basements and white "cool roofs" to reflect solar rays become de rigueur.
In the heat wave, the case against air conditioning Stan Cox 2010
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The pioneers served several purposes: they established the headings of the main tunnels so that once crews began excavating from opposite portals toward each other they would be sure to meet in the middle; they allowed for cross-ventilation in the main cut; and they provided the tunneling crews with useful clues to the geological conditions ahead.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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The barn will be mostly open, with larger windows and doors and lots of cross-ventilation.
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If no air conditioning were available, he would at least respond by seeking a cooler location, blocking out radiant heat from the sun by positioning himself in the shade or screening himself from the sun, maximizing evaporation by wetting his body and clothes with water and using fans to create cross-ventilation, and moving away from physical structures which absorb and radiate heat.
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