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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"wind catcher"”.
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The wind-catcher : a traditional solution for a modern problem
This study investigated the ability of wind-catcher as an environmentally friendly component to provide natural ventilation for indoor environments and intended to improve the overall efficiency of the existing designs of modern wind-catchers. In fact this thesis attempts to answer this question as …
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Wind- Chimney (Integrating the Principles of a Wind-Catcher and a Solar-Chimney to Provide Natural Ventilation)
<p>WIND-CHIMNEY</p> <p>Integrating the principles of a wind-catcher and a solar chimney to provide natural ventilation</p> <p>Fereshteh Tavakolinia</p> <p><strong>Abstract</strong></p> <p>This paper suggests using a wind-catcher integrated with a solar-chimney in a single story building so that the …
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Passive enhancement of air flow at pedestrian level in built environments
A densely built environment has low wind speed at the pedestrian level due to flow obstruction induced by buildings. Urban street canyons, the outdoor spaces formed between buildings, often have much lower wind speed than the atmospheric wind above the roof level. In tropical regions, wind plays an …
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Passive design approach in enhancing natural ventilation performance of two storeys residential buildings in tropical climate
… as natural ventilation attributes. Result shows, wind catcher attribute turn to be the most significant followed by wide openings and indoor layout. Whereas louvered openings show possibilities in enhancing the incoming air velocity by-passing them. Using a full-scale single unit double storey …
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Towards an old charm
When we build unconsciously and we build as a habit, only then we lose the essence of architecture