Climate control

Get the most from your heating, ventilation and cooling (or HVAC) systems. BUILD shows you how to plan and improve climate control in your home.

Giving the right amount of attention to how you design and plan your home’s ventilation systems can make a huge difference not just to your electricity bills, but also to how comfortable and efficient your home is.

The ventilation checklist, which can be found in this category, covers the issues you need to consider to ensure your heating system will best serve your needs, now and into the future. The checklist will save you time, hassle and money. Print it out, read through the site and keep it on hand when discussing heating options with your heating expert, electrician or architect.

Foundation vents

An important part of some types of ventilation is to allow cool air into the lower parts of the house. Foundation vents allow cool...

Soffit vents

Working in conjunction with ridge vents, soffit vents can create a natural flow of ventilation in the roof cavity, which allows heat to easily...

Ridge vents

Hot air naturally rises, and ridge vents are an effective way of allowing this heat to easily escape through the highest point in a...

Whole house fan

Whole house fans are large, ceiling mounted fans designed to help to ventilate homes by sucking warm air up into the ceiling, and bringing...

Types of vents

Many different types of vents exist for many different purposes and parts of the home. Find out what types of vents exist, what purposes...

Air infiltration

In many cases, ventilation in a house is unintentional, and comes from small gaps and crevices. This kind of ventilation, in some cases, has...

Mixed mode/hybrid ventilation

In many cases, the best way to ventilate a room is to combine two or more different techniques. See how mixed mode ventilation can...

Mechanical ventilation

Mechanical ventilation (or forced ventilation) takes advantage of fans to help draw air in a particular direction to control ventilation in your home. Mechanical or...

Natural ventilation systems

This type of ventilation takes advantage of rising heat and strategically located vents to draw air up through the top of the house, and...

Wind ventilation and cross ventilation

Wind ventilation, also known as cross ventilation, is a simple and effective way to take advantage of the wind to keep your home cool...
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