Box-Type Windows as Means for Better Air Quality and Acoustic Comfort in Urban Areas

David Offtermatt, Daniel Lust and Tobias Erhart ()
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David Offtermatt: Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
Daniel Lust: Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart
Tobias Erhart: Hochschule für Technik Stuttgart

Chapter 21 in iCity. Transformative Research for the Livable, Intelligent, and Sustainable City, 2022, pp 315-334 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Controlled natural ventilation in office buildings can ensure the indoor thermal comfort while reducing the life cycle energy consumption for ventilation, compared to mechanical ventilation systems (e.g. HVAC). Natural ventilation is mostly used in moderate climate zones where air conditioning is not a standard. During intermediate seasons, buildings with HVAC systems can additionally use natural ventilation to reduce energy consumption. However, in dense urban areas, natural ventilation can be problematic in terms of acoustic comfort. Here, a box-type window can serve as a compromise between thermal and acoustic comfort. Due to the more complex handling of the box-type window, an automated (electric driven) novel box-type window approach was developed within the imaF project, a part of the iCity initiative. The following article describes the basics of automated natural ventilation, acoustic characterization as well as architectural integration of this window type and the optimization of the airflow through box-type windows. The results show that the proposed geometry can provide sound insulation while providing an appropriate air exchange rate.

Keywords: Box-type windows; Controlled natural ventilation; Noise protection; CFD (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-92096-8_21

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