Optimizing opening dimensions for naturally ventilated buildings
Since naturally ventilated buildings respond to site conditions and microclimate, we cannot establish a "one set of criteria" for every naturally ventilated building. So natural ventilation should be optimized to deal with thermal comfort in passive buildings during summer. A survey of existing tools for natural ventilation simulation shows the dominance of so-called "analysis" tools over "design" tools. In this present work, we will propose a new method to size natural ventilation openings based on inverse calculation, reduction of the number of independent parameters and optimization of occupants thermal comfort.
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2011
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Authors: | Stephan, Louis ; Bastide, Alain ; Wurtz, Etienne |
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Applied Energy. - Elsevier, ISSN 0306-2619. - Vol. 88.2011, 8, p. 2791-2801
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Publisher: |
Elsevier |
Keywords: | Natural ventilation GenOpt simspark Inverse calculation Optimization |
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