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This book describes in depth the fundamental effects of buoyancy, a key force in driving air and transporting heat and pollutants around the interior of a building. This book is essential reading for anyone involved in the design and operation of modern sustainable, energy-efficient buildings, whether a student, researcher or practitioner. The book presents new principles in natural ventilation design and addresses surprising, little-known natural ventilation phenomena that are seldom taught in architecture or engineering schools. Despite its scientific and applied mathematics subject, the book is written in simple language and contains no demanding mathematics, while still covering both qualitative and quantitative aspects of ventilation flow analysis. It is therefore suitable for both non-expert readers who just want to develop intuition of natural ventilation design and control (such as architects and students) and for those possessing more expertise whose work involves quantifying flows (such as engineers and building scientists).

Natural ventilation. --- Buoyant ascent (Hydrodynamics)

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Protection of buildings against external influences --- natural ventilation [systems]

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Heating, climatisation, ventilation and air conditioning --- Architecture --- natural ventilation [systems] --- architecture [discipline] --- wind [weather phenomena]

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This book comprehensively describes the operating principles and theoretical foundations of solar chimneys. It covers current research results, including numerical analysis and mathematical models based on different assumptions. Complying with the application of renewable energy in sustainable buildings, solar chimney has received extensive attention as an indispensable part natural ventilation. This book is a guide to the application of solar chimneys from single zones to multi zones, and it provides a reference source of application for construction practitioners and engineering decision-makers. The design basis and the related basic principles of fluid mechanics and natural ventilation design strategies introduced in this book will also be beneficial to college students.

Natural ventilation. --- Solar energy. --- Renewable energy sources. --- Fluid mechanics. --- Sustainable architecture. --- Civil engineering. --- Renewable Energy. --- Engineering Fluid Dynamics. --- Sustainable Architecture/Green Buildings. --- Civil Engineering.

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This book is highly suitable for advanced courses as it introduces state-of-the-art information and the latest research results on diverse problems in the environmental wind engineering field. The topics include indoor natural ventilation, pedestrian wind environment, pollutant dispersion, urban heat island phenomena, urban ventilation, indoor/outdoor thermal comfort, and experimental/numerical techniques to analyze those issues. Winds have a great influence on the outdoor environment, especially in urban areas. Problems that they cause can be attributed to either strong wind or weak wind issues. Strong winds around high-rise buildings can bring about unpleasant, and in some cases dangerous, situations for people in the outdoor environment. On the other hand, weak wind conditions can also cause problems such as air pollution and heat island phenomena in urban areas. Winds enhance urban ventilation and reduce those problems. They also enhance natural ventilation in buildings, which can reduce the energy consumption of mechanical ventilation fans and air conditioners for cooling. Moderate winds improve human thermal comfort in both indoor and outdoor environments in summer. Environmental wind engineering associated with wind tunnel experiments and numerical analysis can contribute to solutions to these issues.

Civil engineering. --- Environmental Sciences --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Natural ventilation. --- Winds and architecture. --- Environmental engineering. --- Environmental control --- Environmental effects --- Environmental stresses --- Architecture and winds --- Engineering --- Environmental health --- Environmental protection --- Pollution --- Sustainable engineering --- Architecture --- Ventilation --- Environmental Science and Engineering. --- Civil Engineering. --- Fluid- and Aerodynamics. --- Public works --- Environmental sciences. --- Fluids. --- Hydraulics --- Mechanics --- Physics --- Hydrostatics --- Permeability --- Environmental science --- Science