Natural ventilation nowadays has been paid great concerns due to its zero carbon emission
and good performance on the human health. In engineering applications, cross ventilation …

Single-sided and cross-ventilation of a cube-shaped building at various incident wind
directions were stimulated using computational fluid dynamics (CFD). The simulation used …

In the past decades the construction sector experienced the diffusion of a wide variety of
complex building envelope components and passive elements and strategies, characterized …

Natural ventilation in buildings can create a comfortable and healthy indoor environment,
and can save energy compared to mechanical ventilation systems. In building design the …

Greenhouse technology is an important energy consumer sector representing an
indispensable solution for modern methods of crop production. In the greenhouse envelope …

Natural ventilation in buildings can create a comfortable and healthy indoor environment,
and can save energy used in the mechanical ventilation systems. Two subgrid-scale models …

This study integrates a physical model for cross ventilation and empirical formulae for single-
sided ventilation to predict wind-driven ventilation of buildings. The prediction model uses …

Natural ventilation represents one of the challenges in green buildings design since the
most important parameter that reflects the quality of building design is the thermal comfort …

Natural ventilation is a traditional cost-effective technique to cool and ventilate buildings.
Proper simulation tools are highly desired to ensure acceptable thermal performance of …

The constantly increasing energy consumption due to the use of mechanical ventilation
contributes to atmospheric pollution and global warming. An alternative method to overcome …