Passive
In its broadest sense, the word passive suggests accepting what happens without active response.
In the construction industry, 'passive' is generally taken to mean the opposite of 'active' and is often used to refer to systems or design strategies that do not involve mechanical or active means, for example, natural ventilation as opposed to mechanical ventilation.
Articles about passive aspects of buildings on Designing Buildings include:
- BREEAM Passive Design
- Natural ventilation.
- Passive and reactive fire protection to structural steel (IP 6 12)
- Passive building design
- Passive compartmentation
- Passive design
- Passive dewatering.
- Passive envelope protection
- Passive fire protection
- Passive fire resistance
- Passive heat demand
- Passive house
- Passive means.
- Passive resistance measures
- Passive solar design
- Passive stack ventilation
- Passive structural protection
- Passive ventilation
- Passive water efficiency measures
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