Well evaporative cooling, and ground-source energy similar to this does get used in modern architecture. Cooling towers are used to evaporatively cool waste he

Well evaporative cooling, and ground-source energy similar to this does get used in modern architecture. Cooling towers are used to evaporatively cool waste heat from the circulating water in HVAC systems. Thermal labryinths, or earth ducts directly transfer heat to and from the earth, ground source heat pumps do as well through refrigerant loops.