Pedestrian-Level Urban Wind Flow Enhancement with Wind Catchers

Dense urban areas restrict air movement, causing airflow in urban street canyons to be much lower than the flow above buildings. Boosting near-ground wind speed can enhance thermal comfort in warm climates by increasing skin convective heat transfer. We explored the potential of a wind catcher to di...

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Main Authors: Nazarian, Negin (Author), Chew, Lup Wai (Contributor), Norford, Leslie Keith (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG, 2017-11-01T17:09:27Z.
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