Beyond Arrows: Energy Performance of a New, Naturally Ventilated Double-Skin Facade Configuration for a High-Rise Office Building in Chicago

This thesis presents three significant contributions for the evaluation of natural ventilation in high rise office buildings with DSF configuration: • A methodology for assessing the performance of naturally ventilated DSF buildings through an airflow modeling was developed by three-dimensional analysis using Fluent. Buoyancy, wind, and combined ventilation strategies for a commercial office building with an open floor plan layout were evaluated using the k-epsilon model. • Models to simulate the specific DSF typology and couple the envelope-level results to a building simulation program. • A framework for comparing and evaluating the conventional facade solution with a new configuration of naturally ventilated DSF.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Architecture

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2015

Author dc:creator

• Azarbayjani, Mona

Contributors dc:contributor

• Anderson, James R.

• Energy

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

(MiAaPQ)AAI3452052

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/87362