Ventilation strategies for a warming world

Title: Ventilation strategies for a warming world
Creator: Aynsley, Richard; Shiel, John J.
Relation: Architectural Science Review Vol. 60, Issue 3, p. 249-254
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00038628.2017.1300764
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Resource Type: journal article
Date: 2017
Description: World Surface temperatures have increased 20 times faster than they rose at the end of the last ice age, and they will continue to rise due to the volume of greenhouse gases already released into the troposphere. This paper explores the damage done to building occupants as widespread sealing is carried out for energy-efficient buildings in a warming world, with reduced ventilation to a point where toxic moulds grow in houses and offices and occupants develop sick-building-syndrome symptoms. Tools are also discussed to assist designers in accommodating rising indoor temperatures, and novel approaches are considered to improve ventilation, particularly providing guidance on the specific air gust frequency for increased cooling at low power.
Subject: global warming; ventilation; sick building syndrome; thermal and heat stress indexes; gust frequency effects
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1350125
Identifier: uon:30494
Identifier: ISSN:0003-8628
Language: eng
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