Evaluation of a two-sided windcatcher integrated with wing wall (as a new design) and comparison with a conventional windcatcher

• Main Authors: Nejat, P., Calautit, J. K., Majid, M. Z. A., Hughes, B. R., Zeynali, I., Jomehzadeh, F.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2016
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/72199/; https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84971329267&doi=10.1016%2fj.enbuild.2016.05.025&partnerID=40&md5=614b85241569793a993adccc52899a53

In buildings, 60% of the energy consumption is associated to Heating, Ventilation and Air-conditioning (HVAC) systems. One solution to reduce this share is the application of natural ventilation systems. Windcatcher and wing wall are two well-known techniques for natural ventilation which have been...