Cohousing-L Mailing List: RE: Common House ventilation systems

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We think about this problem a lot in North Carolina.  My advice would be to
put in ceiling fans.  Make sure you get the reversible ones - they spin one
way to push air down on the people below, the other way they suck the hot air
up.  Also look at some of the Florida crackerbox houses - they have small
dormer type structures on the top of the roof with windows that open, to let
the heat out.  Attic fans function through the same principle of course.  
Mimi Strand
Strand [at] NIEHS.NIH.GOV