Vol.2, No.2, May 2009

Abstract

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Evaluation of passive cooling through natural ventilation strategies in historic residential buildings using CFD simulations

“…▪ [8,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]The model was calibrated using the measured data from the on-site monitoring. Several models were created to evaluate different natural ventilation scenarios that were proposed by the building management and the research team based on several factors such as feasibility, cooling potential and cultural preservation.…”

“…Particularly for natural ventilation studies, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is commonly used to understand how the air travels around the objects in building areas and outside buildings [43]. This study used the IES VE software, used in many scientific publications [8,[38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45], to perform energy and CFD simulations [44]. This building simulation tool was used to create the case study's energy model and determine the boundary conditions that were later used for the CFD model.…”