Is day natural ventilation still possible in office buildings with a double-skin façade?
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Some design parameters such as solar orientation and prevailing wind direction will be much less sensitive to climate change.
“Yet, some design parameters such as solar orientation [156] and prevailing wind direction [156,157], will be much less sensitive to climate change.”
From Resilient cooling strategies – A critical review and qualitative assessment (2021) · cites this paper as [157]
Double-skin façades are very well developed in the construction sector, from the first Trombe walls in the 1920s to the transparent double-skins for high-rise office buildings (TRL 9).
“Regarding ventilated surfaces, double-skin façades are very well developed in the construction sector, from the first Trombe walls in the 1920 0 s to the transparent double-skins for high-rise office buildings [158] (TRL 9).”
From Resilient cooling strategies – A critical review and qualitative assessment (2021) · cites this paper as [158]
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- Authors
- Gratia, E., & De Herde, A.
- Affiliations
- UCLouvain (BE)
- Corresponding author
- Gratia, Elisabeth
- Venue
- Building and Environment
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2004-04
- Volume
- 39
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 399-409
- ISSN
- 0360-1323 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2067840050
- Cited by
- 68
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2025: 3 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 6 · 2016: 5 · 2015: 4 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 6 · 2012: 5
- FWCI
- 21.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Building and Environment (publishedVersion)
- Digital Access to Libraries (Université catholique de Louvain (UCL), l'Université de Namur (UNamur) and the Université Saint-Louis (USL-B)) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Gouvernement Wallon
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Building and Construction › Building Energy and Comfort Optimization
- Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Solar Energy Systems and Technologies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Wind and Air Flow Studies
- Keywords
- double-skin facade, natural ventilation, office buildings, building orientation, wind speed, wind direction, passive cooling, thermal comfort, cooling load reduction
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