Influence of the urban environment on the effectiveness of natural night-ventilation of an office building

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 78, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-34

  Ramponi, Rubina ^a,b   Gaetani, Isabella ^a   Angelotti, Adriana ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Airflow network; Building energy simulation; Natural ventilation; Passive cooling; Urban environment

Indexed keywords

ENERGY CONSERVATION; OFFICE BUILDINGS; SHIELDING; URBAN PLANNING;

AIRFLOW NETWORK MODELS; BUILDING ENERGY PERFORMANCE; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATION TOOLS; BUILDING ENERGY SIMULATIONS; NATURAL NIGHT VENTILATION; NATURAL VENTILATION; PASSIVE COOLING; URBAN ENVIRONMENTS;

VENTILATION;

EID: 84899802745     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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