Thermal performance of atria: An overview of natural ventilation effective designs

Moosavi, Leila; Mahyuddin, Norhayati; Ghafar, Norafida Ab; Ismail, Muhammad Azzam

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2014.02.035

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“…Khalili and Amindeldar (2014) [13] studied the logic and performance of traditional solutions in low-E vernacular buildings of hot-arid regions in Iran and concluded that these buildings provide a sustainable environment. Moosavi, Norhayati and Norafida (2014) [20] researched the performance of atria, focusing on its natural ventilation role and presented some solution to enhance its performance.…”

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Sustainability Features of Iran’s Vernacular Architecture: A Comparative Study between the Architecture of Hot–Arid and Hot–Arid–Windy Regions

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Vernacular architecture has evolved over time to reflect and sustainably comply with the environmental and cultural contexts in which it exists. This kind of architecture possesses a variety of original and clever practices and technologies to satisfy various necessities imposed by context. Iran's vernacular architecture has mastered the art of adaptation to context by developing different architectures in different regions of the country. Despite their different appearances, these architectures follow the same logic in spirit: sustainable adaptation to context. This original research work surveys this logic in two regions, one hot-arid and the other hot-arid-windy, in Iran (represented by the city of Yazd and the region of Sistan, respectively) through a comparative study. This paper studies different elements and techniques of sustainability in these areas, reasons for their existence and the factors that have shaped them into the specific way that they are. The main elements that were studied through this survey include: fabric and orientation, sidewalks, facades, materials, entrances, courtyards, basements and cellars, porches, roofs, wind-catchers, and openings. In conclusion, links that connect different specifications of context to different aspects of construction are discovered and their role in overall character of two region's architecture is illustrated so they can be used as guidelines for future designs and constructions.

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“…About 40% of all primary energy is used in buildings all over the world [1][2][3][4][5]. The largest contributors to high energy consumption in buildings are heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems [6][7][8]. While the heating demand can be effectively reduced by better thermal insulation of a building, cooling plays a more significant role in the overall energy demand of buildings [9].…”

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Multi-Objective Optimization of the Envelope of Building with Natural Ventilation

Grygierek

Ferdyn-Grygierek

2018

Energies

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Abstract:A properly designed house should provide occupants with the high level of thermal comfort at low energy demand. On many occasions investors choose to add additional insulation to the buildings to reduce heat demand. This may lead to overheating of the building without a cooling system in summer periods (these prevail in Poland). Additionally, it affects the deterioration of thermal comfort, which can only be improved by increasing ventilation. The paper presents the multi-objective optimization of the selected design parameters in a single-family building in temperate climate conditions. The influence of four types of windows, their size, building orientation, insulation of external wall, roof and ground floor and infiltration on the life cycle costs and thermal comfort is analyzed for the building without cooling. Infiltration changes during the simulation and is controlled by a special controller. Its task is to imitate the behavior of occupants in changing the supply airflow. Optimal selection of the design parameters is carried out using Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm II (NSGA-II) by coupling the building performance simulation program EnergyPlus with optimization environment. For the single-family house, optimal values of design variables for three different criteria are presented.

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“…In addition, investment value and revenue cost are the major appeals to the developers (Saxon, 1986). Atrium is a Latin word originally referring to a main room or central court with hearth, which caused the room walls to be covered with black soot (ater) though time, giving it its name (atrium) in a typical ancient Roman house (Moosavi et al, 2014), but today the term atrium is typically associated with commercial or public buildings.…”

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Integration of Indoor Environmental Analysis in Architectural Landscape Design.

HasanAlFahmawee¹

2017

IJAR

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Thermal performance of atria: An overview of natural ventilation effective designs

Cited by 160 publications

References 50 publications

Sustainability Features of Iran’s Vernacular Architecture: A Comparative Study between the Architecture of Hot–Arid and Hot–Arid–Windy Regions

Sustainability Features of Iran’s Vernacular Architecture: A Comparative Study between the Architecture of Hot–Arid and Hot–Arid–Windy Regions

Multi-Objective Optimization of the Envelope of Building with Natural Ventilation

Integration of Indoor Environmental Analysis in Architectural Landscape Design.

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