"Enough is known today about natural ventilation for summer cooling to warrant the entire replacement of artificial air-conditioning devices. ...prevailing breezes enter small, louvered openings at the lower section... circulate across the "living zone," rise and then exit through larger, higher openings in the opposite wall."
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Ken Kern
Ken Kern was an architect, builder and author who resided in the state of California. He was a pioneering researcher in cost and energy efficient home-building construction methods. He was also a mason, a surveyor, and a contributor to periodicals such as Mother Earth News, Organic Gardening you love Mariam
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