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Abbreviations
- Air changes per hour (ACH):
-
The volumetric flow rate of supply air, divided by the volume of the ventilated space.
- Advanced natural ventilation system (ANV):
-
Integration of basic natural ventilation strategies such as cross ventilation and stack effect with smart controls.
- BEMS:
-
Building energy management system.
- BREEAM:
-
Building research establishment environmental assessment method – UK origin.
- Exfiltration/infiltration:
-
Air flow through unintended leakages out/into buildings.
- Hybrid ventilation:
-
Combined natural and mechanical ventilation (also called mixed-mode ventilation).
- Indoor air quality (IAQ):
-
Indoor Air Quality – broadly defined by the purity of the air but often CO2 is used as an indicator.
- Mixed-mode ventilation:
-
See hybrid ventilation.
- Natural ventilation:
-
Use of natural forces, i.e., pressure differences generated by wind or air temperature, to introduce and distribute outdoor air into or out of a buildings.
- Night cooling:
-
The use of night air to cool the building using wind towers or a fan to circulate the air.
- PAQ:
-
Perceived air quality.
- Thermal comfort:
-
The state of mind that expresses satisfaction with the surrounding thermal environment.
- Ventilation:
-
Provides fresh air into a building to ensure good air quality for occupant health and well-being.
- Ventilation effectiveness:
-
The ability of a ventilation system to exchange the air in the room and also the ability to remove airborne contaminants.
- Ventilation flow rate:
-
The amount of air per unit time into the ventilated space (liter per second or l/s, cubic meters per hour or m3/h).
- Well-being:
-
Healthy mind and body.
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The authors would like to thank Lee Hargreaves (WSP, UK Ltd.) for his help with researching and organizing some case studies; Mike Beaven of Arup Associates for some case studies; Matt Kitson (Hilson Moran) for providing Gherkin images; Professor Vivian Loftness (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) for providing architectural images and Fig. 21; Beifan Yang and Bin Zhang (Tianjin Weland Landscape Architecture Design Co, Ltd. China) for the architectural drawings; Jin Zhang (JINT Design Consultants Ltd.) for architectural sketch; and Dr Malcolm Cook (Loughborough University) for providing the images of Queens Building.
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Yang, T., Clements-Croome, D.J. (2013). Natural Ventilation in Built Environment . In: Loftness, V., Haase, D. (eds) Sustainable Built Environments. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5828-9_488
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