A critical review of combined natural ventilation techniques in sustainable buildings

H Zhang, D Yang, VWY Tam, Y Tao, G Zhang… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Combined natural ventilation systems in single building were
reviewed.•Advantages of combined natural ventilation systems were summarized.•Existing …

The impacts of occupant behavior on building energy consumption: A review

S Chen, G Zhang, X Xia, Y Chen, S Setunge… - … Energy Technologies and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Three main categories of occupant behaviors were summarized for building through this
literature review, including the occupancy, interactions and behavioral efficiency. The results …

A review of solar chimney for natural ventilation of residential and non-residential buildings

HM Maghrabie, MA Abdelkareem, K Elsaid… - Sustainable Energy …, 2022 - Elsevier
The requirement for passive cooling strategies in buildings has great attention in almost all
countries, where hot temperatures are predominant throughout the year. The ventilation …

Determining the influencing factors on the performance of solar chimney in buildings

L Shi, G Zhang, W Yang, D Huang, X Cheng… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar chimney as a reliable renewable energy system has attracted increasing attention
from engineers to conquer the current energy crisis. The main challenge of designing a solar …

Digital twin models for optimization and global projection of building-integrated solar chimney

R Tariq, CE Torres-Aguilar, J Xamán… - Building and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Current research on solar chimneys has focused on developing regression-based empirical
models, which might not be correct enough compared to the soft computing tools ie …

Energy conservation and renewable technologies for buildings to face the impact of the climate change and minimize the use of cooling

F Ascione - Solar Energy, 2017 - Elsevier
Facing the climate change is a common priority, due to ethical issues related to general
concept of sustainability and livable future for the next generations. Moreover, ethical aims …

New design for solar chimney with integrated windcatcher for space cooling and ventilation

L Moosavi, M Zandi, M Bidi, E Behroozizade… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
This research highlights the thermal and ventilation performance of a newly designed solar
chimney in conjunction with a windcatcher and water spray system for a two-story office …

Data engineering for digital twining and optimization of naturally ventilated solar façade with phase changing material under global projection scenarios

R Tariq, CE Torres-Aguilar, NA Sheikh, T Ahmad… - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The use of phase change materials (PCM) and its efficient integration can significantly lower
the carbon emissions of building sector. However, optimal integration of thermal energy …

Impacts of storey number of buildings on solar chimney performance: A theoretical and numerical approach

H Zhang, Y Tao, G Zhang, J Li, S Setunge, L Shi - Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the fact that solar chimney was less investigated in multi-storey buildings, a
theoretical model was then developed for solar chimney-induced buoyancy-driven natural …

Trombe wall for a residential building in Sichuan-Tibet alpine valley–A case study

L Zhang, Y Hou, J Du, L Xu, G Zhang, L Shi - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Trombe wall (also called T-Wall) as a reliable renewable energy system has attracted
increasing attention from both academics and engineers under the current energy crisis …