The building's natural ventilation was improved by use of a solar chimney.

There are however a number of solar chimney variations.

This natural ventilation process can be augmented by a solar chimney.

Solar chimneys are painted black so that they absorb the sun's heat more effectively.

The solar chimney can be improved by integrating it with a trombe wall.

The women's buildings on the outskirts of town are functional as more conventional solar chimneys.

The basic design elements of a solar chimney are:

Potential benefits regarding natural ventilation and use of solar chimneys are:

The results showed that solar chimney power plants at high latitudes may have satisfactory thermal performance.

A variation of the solar chimney concept is the solar attic.

Airflow can be increased by using a solar chimney on the opposite side of the building to help in venting hot air to the outside.

A Solar chimney can serve many purposes.

By integrating the attic space with a solar chimney, the hot air in the attic can be put to work.

A technology closely related to the solar chimney is the evaporative down-draft cooltower.

In a windless environment or waterless house, a windcatcher functions as a solar chimney.

In its simplest form, the solar chimney consists of a black-painted chimney.

The solar chimney is one of these concepts currently explored by scientists as well as designers, mostly through research and experimentation.

Such venting makes the Trombe wall act as a solar chimney pumping fresh air through the house during the day, even if there is no breeze.

Thermosiphoning also occurs across air temperature gradients such as those utilized in a wood fire chimney, or solar chimney.

One of the earliest descriptions of a solar chimney power plant was written in 1931 by a German author, Walter de Haas.

A simple description of a solar chimney is that of a vertical shaft utilizing solar energy to enhance the natural stack ventilation through a building.

In mid 2008 the Namibian government approved a proposal for the construction of a 400 MW solar chimney called the 'Greentower'.

Solar energy collection and utilization systems that do not use external energy, such as a solar chimney, are classified as passive solar technologies.

A solar chimney often referred to as thermal chimney improves this natural ventilation by using convection of air heated by passive solar energy.

Release of humid ground-level air from an atmospheric vortex or solar chimney at altitude could form clouds or precipitation, potentially altering local hydrology.