FEASIBILITY OF CONTROLLED HYBRID VENTILATION IN MID RISE APARTMENTS IN THE USA
Natural ventilation is generally accepted as the preferred ventilation option as it is a healthy and energy-efficient means of supplying fresh air to a building. In the USA it is seldom being applied as most climate zones are considered unsuited to apply natural ventilation, mostly due to perceived uncontrollability and very humid and hot or very cold seasons. For mid and high rise apartment buildings the option of natural ventilation is virtually disregarded because the tradition of full air conditioning is so well established. This paper challenges this disregard and hypothesizes that controllable ventilation openings are a realistic option for apartment buildings in some climate zones. As envelopes without operable openings pose fewer security and facility management concerns, a convincing case has to be made before people are willing to experiment with non fully air conditioned solutions.
Ventilation control thermal comfort hybrid ventilation
Huafen Hu Godfried Augenbroe Ruchi Choudhary
College of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332
国际会议
北京
英文
2007-09-03（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）