Abstract
For centuries, Wind Towers, Baudgeers, were used in the past and are presently used in some regions of Middle East and Egypt where hot and dry climate exist, for maintaining cool air circulation and cooling inside the buildings as well. In fact, the main purpose of Baudgeers has been to create natural ventilation and cooling by exchanging air between the outside and the building inside at an appropriate time during the day. Another use of Baudgeers was to maintain a natural circulation of air in public cistern, Aub-anbars, and helping to keep the water cold.
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Both pleasant and unpleasant winds blow in Yazd. One of these pleasant winds blow from the northwest of the province which is called “Isfahani Wind.” The coolness of this wind has been the main reason for building Baudgeers in Yazd [9].
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Bahadori, M.N., Dehghani-sanij, A., Sayigh, A. (2014). Introduction. In: Wind Towers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05876-4_1
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