This study reveals the effects that porous residential buildings have on the natural ventilation performance and on the cooling load reduction too. Two residential building models using CFD analysis and thermal and airflow network analysis are evaluated. Results show that improvements in the natural ventilation performance would reduce the cooling load.
A study on a porous residential building model in hot and humid regions : Part 1 - The natural ventilation performance and the cooling load reduction effect of the building model

Year:
2006
Bibliographic info:
Building and Environment, Vol 41, Issue 1, january 2006, pp 21-32