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AIR-MOVEMENTS-REVIEWR

The document discusses the importance of air movement and ventilation in buildings, highlighting how proper airflow can control temperature, humidity, and energy efficiency while promoting occupant comfort and health. It outlines various types of ventilation, including passive, mechanical, and hybrid systems, each with specific methods for introducing fresh air and removing stale air. Additionally, the document emphasizes the role of vegetation in enhancing air quality and cooling effects through evapotranspiration.

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AIR-MOVEMENTS-REVIEWR

The document discusses the importance of air movement and ventilation in buildings, highlighting how proper airflow can control temperature, humidity, and energy efficiency while promoting occupant comfort and health. It outlines various types of ventilation, including passive, mechanical, and hybrid systems, each with specific methods for introducing fresh air and removing stale air. Additionally, the document emphasizes the role of vegetation in enhancing air quality and cooling effects through evapotranspiration.

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AIR MOVEMENTS sound transmission control requires

good airflow control, and odors and


gases often annoy or cause health
• Air movement is created by the problems.
rising of warm and the lowering of
cool air. As the air above the land
gets warmer, it rises and creates an
area of low pressure. When air
continues to rise, it cools and
moves towards water surfaces,
where it falls and creates an area of
high pressure, and pushes cold air
towards the land. This movement of
areas is what creates the wind.

AIR FLOW AROUND AND THROUGH


THE BUILDING

Importance of Air Flow in Buildings.

IMPORTANCE OF AIR MOVEMENT • Ventilation


• Temperature Control
• Humidy Cintrol
• Moisture Control • Energy Efficiency
• Occupant Comfort
Water vapor in the air can be
deposited within the envelope by
condensation and cause serious Air Flow Around the Building
health, durability, and performance
problem. • To ensure acceptable wind
speeds at pedestrian level
• Comfort and Health
• To prevent the pollutant by one
Wind-cooled portions of the building from impinging on
interior of the enclosure promotes surrounding structures
condensation which supports • Important factors influencing
biological growth which in turn airflow around buildings:
affects indoor air quality, airborne - Spacing of the building
- Layout of the building
Important factors influencing airflow
through buildings:
- Building Orientation
- External Features
- Cross Ventilation
- Openings

Air Flow Through the Building


• To maintain a comfortable
indoor temperature and
humidity level
• To reduce energy consumption
by improving the heating,
cooling, and ventilation
systems.
WHAT ARE THE TYPES OF • Stack Ventilation
VENTILATION
Introduces cooler air from the
Ventilation is the process by which outside into the building at low level,
‘clean’ air (normally outdoor air) is which gradually becomes warmer as
intentionally provided to a space and it gets exposed to heat sources.
stale air is removed. This may be
accomplished different ventilation
means.
Types of Ventilation:
• Passive Ventilation
• Mechanical Ventilation
• Hybrid Ventilation
Mechanical Ventilation
Use fan and ducts to pull in fresh
Passive Ventilation from the outside and release state,
Also called natural ventilation, used air from inside of the building.
makes use of natural forces, such as • Exhaust-Only Ventilation
wind and thermal buoyancy, to
circulate air to and from an indoor Designed to forcibly remove steam
space. and odor by sucking air out from a
localized area through a vent, then
• Cross Ventilation transporting it through a duct.
Cross ventilation is when the
openings in a structure are arranged
on opposite or adjacent walls.

• Single-Sided Ventilation
Single sided ventilation is the use of
openings on one side of a building.
• Supply-Only Ventilation Hybrid Ventilation
The supply ventilation system Provide a comfortable internal
employs a fan to pressurize the environment by using both natural
inside air and force outside air into and mechanical ventilation systems,
the building. switching between the different
systems at different times of the day
or season of the year.
A scheme designed to use natural
ventilation for the majority of
occupied hours can be assisted or
augmented by mechanical systems
under peak heating or cooling
conditions.
The result is that energy
consumption is minimised under
normal day-to-day conditions, whilst
ensuring sufficient ventilation
capacity under a wide range
internal/external scenarios.
• Balanced Ventilation System
The properly designed balance • Contingency Strategy
ventilation system neither
depressurizes the indoor air, like It has a natural ventilation and uses
exhaust ventilation nor pressurizes it, mechanical systems in addition to
such as supply ventilation. Even the help ventilate or cool the building.
ventilation system introduces fresh This can be the case when older
outside air and exhaust polluted buildings are being refurbished and
inside air in approximately equal required to meet more stringent
quantities. regulations.
• Complimentary Strategy
The natural and mechanical systems
are both present and designed for
integrated operation. They take
advantage of the external ambient
conditions as much as possible, by
using mechanical ventilation
systems to maintain IAQ and
temperature when the external
conditions are not favorable.

• Low Vegetation
Low vegetation, such as shrubs,
vines, green roofs and grass, can
slightly reduce pollution levels and
achieve evapotranspiration to cool
the surrounding air.

EFFECTS OF VEGETATION TO AIR

Air movement disperses the


generated evapotranspiration cool
air that was formed from vegetation
resulting in an overall cooling effect. • High Vegetation
Trees and shrubs can be planted to
High vegetation like trees can create
funnel or deflect wind away from or
additional distance between a traffic
towards specific areas, as both
route and housing, which reduces
vertical and horizontal
the concentrations of air pollutants
concentrations of foliage can modify
at the site.
air movement patterns. How densely
a group of trees or shrubs are
planted, as well as their locations
determine the amount of wind
reduction.

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