In the summer, why do you want to pull hot air from the ceiling downwards instead of pulling up colder air to the ceiling?

Question

In the summer, why do you want to pull hot air from the ceiling downwards instead of pulling up colder air to the ceiling?

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Answer 1

Actually you don’t want to do that. A lot of houses in the tropics have heat exhaust fans on the ceiling to pull the hot air out of the house.

I have one of those, air conditioning, and an ERV system to reduce cooling costs.