Investigation of a windvent passive ventilation device against current fresh air supply recommendations

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1651-1659

  Hughes, Ben Richard ^a   Ghani, S A A Abdul ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Buildings; CFD; Natural ventilation; Passive ventilation; Sustainable resources

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; VENTILATION;

PASSIVE VENTILATION; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 44449166602     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2008.02.024     Document Type: Article

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