New approach to natural ventilation in public buildings inspired by Iranian's traditional windcatcher

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 21, Issue , 2011, Pages 42-52

  Moghaddam, E Hamzanlui ^a   Amindeldar, S ^b   Besharatizadeh, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Natural ventilation; Openings; Public buildings; Wind; Windcatcher

Indexed keywords

AIR QUALITY; BUILDINGS; GLOBAL WARMING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; WIND;

EFFECTIVE MEASURES; INDOOR AIR QUALITY; NATURAL VENTILATION; NATURALLY VENTILATED BUILDINGS; NON-RENEWABLE ENERGY; OPENINGS; PUBLIC BUILDINGS; WIND CATCHERS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84255193324     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.11.1985     Document Type: Conference Paper

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