Ventilation strategies and design impacts on indoor airborne transmission: A review

N Izadyar, W Miller - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
The COVID-19 outbreak has brought the indoor airborne transmission issue to the forefront.
Although ventilation systems provide clean air and dilute indoor contaminated air, there is …

[HTML][HTML] A review of heat recovery technologies and their frost control for residential building ventilation in cold climate regions

HY Bai, P Liu, MJ Alonso, HM Mathisen - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2022 - Elsevier
This study reviewed heat recovery technologies and their application in residential buildings
in cold climates. The increasing efforts on reducing building energy use over the recent …

Passive cooling and natural ventilation by the windcatcher (Badgir): An experimental and simulation study of indoor air quality, thermal comfort and passive cooling …

P Nejat, MS Ferwati, J Calautit, A Ghahramani… - Journal of Building …, 2021 - Elsevier
The upper wing wall can be integrated into the windcatcher to prevent direct solar and rain
penetration. The impact of this combination was not considered in previous studies …

Naturally ventilated double-skin façade with adjustable louvers

Y Tao, X Fang, S Setunge, J Tu, J Liu, L Shi - Solar Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
Naturally ventilated double skin façade (NVDSF) absorbs solar radiation to introduce natural
ventilation. It has been proved with significant importance in building energy-saving, and …

[HTML][HTML] Natural ventilation of large air masses: Experimental and numerical techniques review

R Mateus, JMC Pereira, A Pinto - Energy and Buildings, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural Ventilation (NV) contributes to the energy performance and Indoor Air Quality (IAQ)
of existing buildings and Nearly Zero Energy Buildings (NZEB). To predict and validate the …

A review of balcony impacts on the indoor environmental quality of dwellings

C Ribeiro, NMM Ramos, I Flores-Colen - Sustainability, 2020 - mdpi.com
Balconies are an ancient architectural archetype that are being increasingly considered in
multi-family buildings of high-density cities. This paper aims to provide a comprehensive …

Model predictive control of short-term winter natural ventilation in a smart building using machine learning algorithms

W Zhang, W Wu, L Norford, N Li, A Malkawi - Journal of Building …, 2023 - Elsevier
Natural ventilation in buildings has the potential to reduce building energy consumption and
the incidence of sick building syndrome. However, controlling natural ventilation is often …

Control technology of pathogenic biological aerosol: Review and prospect

H Zhao, X Kong, W Yao, X Fei, J Zhao, S Zhao… - Building and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The frequent occurrence of highly infectious diseases in recent years has posed a serious
threat to human life and public health safety and has received close attention from …

Online monitoring of PM2. 5 and CO2 in residential buildings under different ventilation modes in Xi'an city

H Yin, X Zhai, Y Ning, Z Li, Z Ma, X Wang, A Li - Building and Environment, 2022 - Elsevier
Healthy indoor air quality (IAQ) is essential to the productivity and wellbeing of building
occupants. In order to study the indoor air quality in residential buildings in Xi'an in the cold …

A numerical investigation of balcony geometry impact on single-sided natural ventilation and thermal comfort

N Izadyar, W Miller, B Rismanchi… - Building and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Balconies could enhance natural ventilation (NV) and reduce reliance on mechanical
ventilation in cooling dominant climates. Indoor environment and thermal comfort under NV …