Sol-Vent: Development of strategies for the efficient use of solar and passive ventilation in urban buildings.

This paper outlines work in progress to develop dissemination material to assist the appropriate application of solar and passive ventilation in urban buildings. The dissemination material (a multi-media package in the form of a website and a CD-ROM) will include information of the effect of the urban environment on urban buildings, will outline the principles of solar and passive ventilation and how these could be adapted for application in urban buildings, will describe design solutions in the form of case-study building and design components and will review how current regulations encourage/restrict the application of solar and passive ventilation in urban buildings. """"The purpose of this paper is to generate feedback from ventilation experts and researchers on the information proposed for the multi-media package. The project will be completed in January 2001.