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Passive Cooling

Comfort without a compressor

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Reclaimed, teak-toned timber grain (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)
The materialwhat this method is built from
The method, plainly

The cheapest, cleanest cooling is the one designed into the building's bones. Before any equipment, we arrange the plan, the openings and the mass so the air moves itself.

It is comfort that survives a power cut, needs no service contract, and costs nothing to run - the climate doing the work, by design.

Why we reach for it

Lower running cost and carbon
Steady, healthy indoor air
Resilience during power cuts
Comfort that needs no maintenance

What it is made of

Thermal massShadingCourtyardsOperable openings
From ground to wall

how it comes together

A few unhurried moves, in the order we make them.

01
Read the site

Sun path, prevailing breeze and shade are mapped before the plan is drawn.

02
Shape the air

Openings, courtyards and stacks are placed to pull cool air through and push hot air out.

03
Add mass & shade

Earth walls and deep eaves store coolness and keep the sun off the skin of the building.

On the ground

where we have used it

An open courtyard among plants (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)

Laterite Courtyard House

Residential in Malappuram, Kerala

Monsoon rain on green leaves (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)

The Filler-Slab School

Educational in Kozhikode, Kerala

Warm dusk settling over the land (Reference image, not a CHAYP project)

Debris Wall Studio

Commercial in Malappuram, Kerala

If this fits your land

tell us about your site

And we will say honestly whether passive cooling belongs there.

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