Performance evaluation of natural ventilation strategies for hospital wards: case study of Great Ormond Street Hospital

Natural ventilation is attractive due its potential to lower energy consumed by healthcare environments but maintaining steady/adequate airflow rates and thermal comfort is challenging in temperate countries. Although many contemporary hospitals use traditional windows for natural ventilation, there...

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Main Authors:	Zulfikar Adamu, Andrew Price, Malcolm Cook
Format:	Default Article
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Other built environment and design not elsewhere classified Buoyancy-driven airflow Hospital ward Thermal comfort Energy consumption Dynamic thermal modelling Ceiling-based natural ventilation Built Environment and Design not elsewhere classified
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/2134/11649
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