Single-sided ventilation

Environment
Published: 31 August 2010
Edited: 21 November 2018
by Mohd Farid Mohamed, Deo Prasad and Steve King
ISSN: 2207-466X

This note was reviewed and approved for currency in November 2018.

This paper investigates the impact of veranda on the indoor and outdoor airflows of a single-storey building with various opening configurations. Focussing on a wind-driven single-sided ventilation strategy, the investigation suggests that the provision of veranda with a correct combination of openings can improve indoor air flow in single-sided naturally ventilated buildings. On the other hand, inappropriate veranda configuration together with an incorrect combination of openings can significantly reduce indoor ventilation performance.

A simple form of veranda located at studio units
A simple form of veranda located at studio units (Image: Mohamed, Prasad and King, 2010)
Note Summary
  1. Introduction
  2. Ventilation
  3. Veranda to induce indoor air flow
  4. Computational fluid dynamics
  5. Results
  6. Implications
  7. Conclusion