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In the past without modern facilities and modern equipment for cooling and heating, the architect was obliged to use economical engineering systems that rely on natural energy. This article evaluates one of such economical systems: the windcatcher used in traditional house of Iran. Nowadays the global warming is one of the most concern in the world and the necessity of using the sustainable systems could be a good solution for having a comfort zone with a suitable relative humidity and temperature with lowest fossil fuel consumption. This research has gathered the information about traditional windcatcher and its modern modifications. The advantages and disadvantages of different windcatcher shapes are analyzed. The methods for enhancing its construction are suggested. References 1. Amirkhani A. Windcatchers: Remarkable Example of Iranian Sustainable Architecture. Journal of sustainable development. 2010. Vol:3, No. 2. P. 89. 2. Phuoc Huynh. A report on windcatcher. VIM Sustainability Pty Ltd. 2010. Sydney. Pp. 4-5. 3. Azami A. Badgir in traditional Iranian architecture. International conference “Passive and Low Energy Cooling for the Built Environment”. May 2005, Santorini, Greece. P. 1021. 4. Mofidi S. Analysis on typology and architecture of wind catcher and finding the best type. Honarhayeziba journal. 2008. Vol 36. P. 29. 5. Ghaemmaghami P. S. Wind tower a natural cooling system in Iranian traditional architecture. International Conference “Passive and Low Energy Cooling for the Built Environment”, May 2005, Santorini, Greece. P. 73. 6. Vosoughifar H. R. Consumption reduce by windcatcher. Civil Engineering Seminar. 2005. Kerman, Iran. P. 2. 7. Elmualim A. A. Dynamic modelling of a wind catcher / tower turret for natural ventilation. Building Services Engineering Research and Technology. 2006. Vol. 27. Pp. 165-182. 8. Kirk S., Kolokotroni M. Windcatchers in modern UK buildings: Experimental study. International Journal of Ventilation. 2004. Vol. 3. Pp. 67-78. 9. Su Y., Riffat S. B., Lin Y-L., Khan N. Experimental and CFD study of ventilation flow rate of a Monodraught windcatcher. Energy and Buildings. 2008. Vol. 40. Pp. 1110-1116. 10. Li L., Mak C. M. The assessment of performance of a windcatcher system using computational fluid dynamics. Building and Environment. 2007. Vol. 42. Pp. 1135-1141. 11. Kirk S. D. Wind driven top-down natural ventilation and heat gain removal for nondomestic buildings – Ground and first floor temperature profiles recorded in relation to external air temperature from the 20/07/02 to 14/08/02 at the Tonbridge and Malling council offices, Kings Hill. Proceedings of the 2002 Conference for the Engineering Doctorate in Environmental Technology, West London, UK. 2002. Pp. 20-28. 12. Jones B. M., Kirby R., Kolokotroni M.. Payne T. Air quality measured in a classroom served by roof mounted natural ventilation windcatchers. Proceedings of the 2008 Conference for the Engineering Doctorate in Environmental Technology, Brunel University, West London, UK. 2008. Pp. 3-5. 13. Teekaram A. Assessment of Monodraught GRP 1200 Solar Boost Windcatcher. Report 51965/1, BSRIA Limited, Bracknell, Berkshire, UK. 2009. P. 5. 14. Sola boost windcatcher / Monodraught co. P. 3. Full text of this article in English: pp. 56-60

Construction of windcatcher and necessity of enhancing the traditional windcatcher