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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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Nazarian, Negin, Chew, Lup Wai, Norford, Leslie Keith
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Architecture
Format: Article
Published: MDPI AG 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/112110
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2225-1057
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5631-7256