Patent ID: 7250000

Claim:
A building comprising: a substantially air-impervious bottom floor; a generally vertical exterior wall structure surrounding at least a portion of the bottom floor and defining an outer periphery of the building, the exterior wall structure being substantially air-impervious except for the presence of a plurality of wall-vents in the exterior wall structure, the wall-vents permitting airflow through the exterior wall structure; one or more generally vertical interior walls within the exterior wall structure, the one or more interior walls defining a plurality of rooms of the building, each of the one or more interior walls acting as a division between two of the rooms, the one or more interior walls being substantially air-impervious except for the presence of one or more wall-vents in the one or more interior walls, each of the one or more wall-vents permitting airflow through one of the one or more interior walls and having a lower edge spaced from a floor of a room containing the wall-vent; and a roof positioned above the bottom floor, the exterior wall structure, and the one or more interior walls, the roof being substantially air-impervious except for the presence of one or more roof-vents in the roof, each of the one or more roof-vents being oriented generally along a planar portion of the roof and permitting airflow between an airspace immediately underneath the roof and within the building and an airspace immediately above the roof.