Undeniable Progress: Benefits of Natural Ventilation

The challenge for today’s architects and building designers is to provide energy efficient, environ­mentally friendly buildings at the same time achiev­ing good indoor climate conditions. This is an especially tough challenge for designers of supertall buildings.

Historically, in order to create good indoor air quality and thermal comfort, full air-conditioned sys­tems have been used. However, increased concern over the envi­ronmental impact and cost of energy has encouraged the design and construction of more energy efficient buildings using natural ventilation strategies. Natural ven­tilation provides a real alternative to achieving sustainable buildings and maintaining a healthy and comfortable indoor climate for building users.

Today there is a better under­standing of naturally ventilated building design. Recent projects on ventilation coordinated by the Building Research Establishment (BRE) in the UK have shown that a correctly designed strategy utiliz­ing natural ventilation can have clear cost, productivity and envi­ronmental benefits.

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Text by KEN EVANS, SECURISTYLE NATIONAL SPECIFICATIONS MANAGER
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