Enhancing natural ventilation in patients’ wards in a Belgian hospital by integrating some ventilation concepts from vernacular architecture

Recently, passive techniques have received a considerable attention in our modern buildings as a response to energy consumption, global warming and world ambition towards energy efficient buildings. Passive ventilation did not share a big ratio of interest due to several reasons such as the problem of natural ventilation fluctuations and the uncertainty of ambient weather conditions. It is much easier to use current mechanical ventilation systems especially in hospitals to achieve constant and acceptable results in terms of thermal comfort and indoor air quality. Although, not all hospital spa... Mehr ...