A review on windcatcher for passive cooling and natural ventilation in buildings, Part 1: Indoor air quality and thermal comfort assessment

F Jomehzadeh, P Nejat, JK Calautit, MBM Yusof… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2017 - Elsevier
The most prominent challenge in 21th century is global warming which seriously threats the
mankind. Building sector with 40% of global energy consumption and GHG emission play a …

Natural ventilation by windcatcher (Badgir): A review on the impacts of geometry, microclimate and macroclimate

F Jomehzadeh, HM Hussen, JK Calautit, P Nejat… - Energy and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The significant energy use and increasing requirement for good indoor environment quality
in the built environment have led to a renewed interest in natural ventilation strategies such …

Development of a natural ventilation windcatcher with passive heat recovery wheel for mild-cold climates: CFD and experimental analysis

JK Calautit, D O'Connor, PW Tien, S Wei, CAJ Pantua… - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
User demand for increased internal thermal comfort conditions have resulted in rising
energy costs for space-heating consumption. The present study aims to recover the thermal …

[HTML][HTML] A review on conventional passive cooling methods applicable to arid and warm climates considering economic cost and efficiency analysis in resource-based …

Y Song, KS Darani, AI Khdair, G Abu-Rumman… - Energy Reports, 2021 - Elsevier
Application of the passive approach as a non-mechanical method is an effective technique
to tackle high energy consumption as well as diminishing the destructive effects of buildings …

Experimental and CFD study of ventilation performance enhanced by roof window and mechanical ventilation system with different design strategies

Y He, Y Chu, H Zang, J Zhao, Y Song - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Ventilation performance could influence thermal comfort and building energy. This study
aimed to investigate the ventilation efficiency enhanced by roof window and mechanical …

Age of air, purging flow rate, and net escape velocity in a cross-ventilation model sheltered by urban-like blocks using LES

KB Fernandez, N Ikegaya, K Ito, Q Chen - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Although ventilation effectiveness varies in different sections of indoor spaces owing to
imperfect mixing condition, previous studies on cross-ventilation in a model sheltered by …

Airflow assessment in a naturally ventilated greenhouse equipped with wind towers: Numerical simulation and wind tunnel experiments

A Pakari, S Ghani - Energy and Buildings, 2019 - Elsevier
In this study, the air change rate and airflow distribution inside a greenhouse equipped with
wind towers were analyzed using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations …

Measurement and prediction of the indoor airflow in a room ventilated with a commercial wind tower

JK Calautit, BR Hughes - Energy and Buildings, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper introduces a method for a full assessment of the internal air movement
characteristics in a room ventilated with a commercial wind tower using scaled wind tunnel …

CFD investigation of a natural ventilation wind tower system with solid tube banks heat recovery for mild-cold climate

M Liu, C Jimenez-Bescos, J Calautit - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Passive strategies are increasingly being employed in buildings to minimize their total
energy consumption and emissions. Wind tower, a natural ventilation device, can capture …

Numerical study on natural ventilation of the wind tower: Effects of combining with different window configurations in a low-rise house

Y Wu, N Gao, J Niu, J Zang, Q Cao - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
Wind tower is a traditional zero-energy natural ventilation device, which is capable of
reducing building energy consumption and improving indoor environment. Many studies …