The Nave air conditioning system can cool a room without drawing power. An Israeli designer named Yael Issacharov thought there had to be a better way to cool down a home than using an AC unit.
The Palestinianjarrah is a traditional drinking water container that is hung in a room to cool the water and the living space. The clay in these containers can be traced all the way back to the Bronze Age in the Mediterranean. The heat in the water causes the water to evaporate quickly. The water becomes cooler due to the transfer of heat to the air. Many cultures use this process to store drinking water during the hot summer months because it is very efficient when the atmosphere is dry.
She thought that there had to be a way to integrate the cooling phenomenon into the building itself. The walls were supposed to be beneficial to the space. The work of architect Fathy brought back traditional building methods using adobe and mud to modern Egyptian architecture. Through centuries of experience, traditional cultures developed methods that resulted in energy efficient construction techniques to provide thermal comfort in all regions across the globe. Fathy wanted to use techniques that would result in unnecessary waste and energy consumption.
The jara could be turned into active walls to cool down the home. The Nave AC system is very easy to use. The terra-cotta tile is made of hollow tubes and resembles a piece of woven fabric under a microscope. The design is filled with water and cooled as it slowly evaporated. The temperature of the room is lowered when the wall is cooler. You can get any size of space to 'Thermal Comfort' with enough tiles.
The system needs to be adjusted for bigger rooms. The modular system allows you to assemble as many tiles as you want. The quantity and size of tiles will be determined by the location and size of the space. All aspects of cooling the space using the system have been calculated.
The Nave could be a perfect solution for towns in any desert area, according to the graduate of the Holon Institute of Technology. She says that it performs the best in the desert where the air is usually dry.
The price of Nave will be determined by the size and region. She points out that it will be cheaper to install a regular AC unit than it is to do it. The traditional building methods are more sustainable because they have to use what they have at hand. We have the ability to use technology to regulate these principles.
She is open to inquiries, but so far no one has expressed interest in funding Nave. She is working to develop Nave so that it is ready for wider, practical adoption.
The installation method for each type of system has been planned and will be similar to existing methods in the construction world.
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