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Is day natural ventilation still possible in office buildings with a double-skin facade?

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Gratia, Elisabeth [UCL] De Herde, André [UCL]

Double-skin facades are assuming an ever-greater importance in modem building practices. But there are still relatively few buildings in which they have actually been realized, and there is still too little experience of their behaviour in operation. To preserve comfort and reduce cooling loads, it is important to apply natural cooling strategies. This article examines the efficiency of the natural day ventilation in relation to the double-skin orientation and the speed and orientation wind. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2004
Language Anglais
Journal information "Building and Environment" - Vol. 39, no. 4, p. 399-409 (2004)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Pergamon-elsevier Science Ltd (Oxford)
issn 0360-1323
e-issn 1873-684X
Affiliation UCL - FSA/AUCE - Département d'architecture, d'urbanisme et de génie civil environnemental
Keywords double-skin faqade ; thermal modelling ; office building ; day natural ventilation ; cooling strategies
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Bibliographic reference Gratia, Elisabeth ; De Herde, André. Is day natural ventilation still possible in office buildings with a double-skin facade?. In: Building and Environment, Vol. 39, no. 4, p. 399-409 (2004)
Permanent URL http://hdl.handle.net/2078.1/40328