Natural cross-ventilation in buildings: Building-scale experiments, numerical simulation and thermal comfort evaluation

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1666-1681

  Stavrakakis, G M ^a   Koukou, M K ^b   Vrachopoulos, M Gr ^b   Markatos, N C ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Technological Educational Institute of Halkis   (Greece)

Author keywords

Buoyancy; CFD; Cross ventilation; Natural ventilation; Thermal comfort; Turbulence

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; BUILDINGS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; GLOBAL WARMING; THERMAL COMFORT;

BUOYANCY EFFECTS; NATURAL CROSS VENTILATION; NATURAL VENTILATION;

VENTILATION;

EID: 44349098032     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.02.022     Document Type: Article

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