Impacts of façade openings' geometry on natural ventilation and occupants' perception: a review

N Izadyar, W Miller, B Rismanchi… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
For centuries, natural ventilation (NV) was the smartest technique for conditioning the built
environment. However, in modern design, NV has not been utilised to its full potential …

Review of openings with shading devices at naturally ventilated buildings

WFM Yusoff, MI Shaharil, MF Mohamed… - Architectural …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT A shading device is integrated into a building in reducing the indoor solar heat
gained. However, the incorporation of a shading device into an opening provides certain …

Parametric study on vertical void configurations for improving ventilation performance in the mid-rise apartment building

N Kumar, R Bardhan, T Kubota, Y Tominaga… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Double-loaded affordable apartments, which are commonly seen in tropical develo**
countries, suffer from poor cross-ventilation, particularly on the leeward side of the buildings …

Assessment of single-sided natural ventilation driven by buoyancy forces through variable window configurations

J Wang, S Wang, T Zhang, F Battaglia - Energy and buildings, 2017 - Elsevier
Natural ventilation has great potential to create desirable indoor air quality and reduce
energy consumption in buildings. Accurately modeling the windows of buildings is important …

Scaled outdoor experimental analysis of ventilation and interunit dispersion with wind and buoyancy effects in street canyons

Y Dai, CM Mak, J Hang, F Zhang, H Ling - Energy and Buildings, 2022 - Elsevier
Driven by wind and buoyancy effects in the urban environment, ventilation performance and
pollutant transmission are highly related to human health. In order to investigate …

Development of an adaptive discharge coefficient to improve the accuracy of cross-ventilation airflow calculation in building energy simulation tools

M Shirzadi, PA Mirzaei, M Naghashzadegan - Building and Environment, 2018 - Elsevier
Airflow network (AFN) model embedded in building energy simulation tools such as
EnergyPlus is extensively used for prediction of cross-ventilation in buildings. The …

Efficient and cost-effective method for identifying urban ventilation corridors using a heuristic search algorithm

TK Lau, PC Tsai, HY Ou, TP Lin - Sustainable Cities and Society, 2024 - Elsevier
Global temperatures are rapidly increasing, and one of the consequences of such increases
is the urban heat island effect, which is a major problem. Enhancing urban ventilation is a …

[HTML][HTML] The optimal tuning, within carbon limits, of thermal mass in naturally ventilated buildings

S Craig - Building and Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
The topic of study is how to choose primary materials for minimal environmental impact
while integrating as many functions into them as possible. Values for mathematical ratios are …

A Systematic Review of Passive Cooling Methods in Hot and Humid Climates Using a Text Mining-Based Bibliometric Approach

M Nagasue, H Kitagawa, T Asawa, T Kubota - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The number of scientific papers has dramatically increased in recent years; however, such a
huge number of papers often become difficult to review qualitatively because of limited time …

Influence of window opening degree on natural ventilation performance of residential buildings in Hong Kong

T Liu, WL Lee - Science and Technology for the Built Environment, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Cooling energy use of residential buildings in Hong Kong has been increasing in the past
two decades. Natural ventilation is an effective means to reduce cooling energy use. To …