ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PORTFOLIO: Elaine Kinyanjui

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Passive Ventilation

Summer 1. Interior plantings enhance air quality 2. Stack ventilation 3. Operable skylight provides sunlight and fresh air to interior space (N) 4. Planted roofs -interior cooling effect 5. Roof overhang provides shade

Winter 6. Concrete /stone tile floors - thermal mass (night warming) 7. South facing, double skin glazed facade- solar heat source 8. Interior windows open into ventilated corridor: stackventilation


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