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DOI	10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.126383
	On the failure of the only vernacular windcatcher in the mountainous region of Western Iran: Opportunities for energy-efficient buildings
	Miri, Payam; Babakhani, Peyman
通讯作者	Babakhani, P (corresponding author), Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Earth Surface Sci Inst, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England.
来源期刊	JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION
ISSN	0959-6526
EISSN	1879-1786
出版年	2021
卷号	295
英文摘要	Reducing energy consumption in the building sector, which contributes to 30% of energy-related, global CO2 emissions, is of crucial importance in mitigating climate change. Vernacular architectural elements such as windcatchers have been a paramount model in modern sustainable architecture to provide energy-efficient cooling and ventilation using natural forces of wind and buoyancy. Yet the range of climatic conditions in which windcatchers can be widely used and their role in the indoor air quality are unknown. Particularly, despite the widespread use of vernacular windcatchers in desert regions, it is unclear why they have not been applied in mountainous areas. We report on the only vernacular windcatcher in a mountainous region with a Mediterranean-to-cold climate in Western Iran and use computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulation, long-time climate data, and psychrometric analyses to investigate the reasons for the failure of this windcatcher in becoming widespread in mountainous regions. Our CFD simulation results for a broad range of ambient wind speeds demonstrate that the overall performance of the windcatcher set on the roof of Emad-o-Dowlah Mosque, Kermanshah, Iran, is on average comparable with modern windcatchers studied previously and is significantly (p-value = 0.001) better than natural ventilation and cooling systems merely consisting of window and door openings (by 101%). We further show that while climatic conditions of the region necessitate the use of windcatchers during summer daytime, and the windcatcher's performance is satisfactory in terms of providing comfort, it requires certain technology to shut it off in the night-time that was previously lacking. These results indicate that with today's technology windcatchers are applicable over a broader climatic condition than hitherto expected. Crown Copyright (C) 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
英文关键词	Sustainability Natural ventilation and cooling CO2 emissions Mitigation Built environment Windcatcher
类型	Article
语种	英语
收录类别	SCI-E
WOS记录号	WOS:000638002200009
WOS关键词	NATURAL VENTILATION ; THERMAL COMFORT ; CLIMATE-CHANGE ; WIND CATCHER ; PERFORMANCE ; SUMMER ; HOUSE ; MICROCLIMATE ; SYSTEMS ; DESIGN
WOS类目	Green & Sustainable Science & Technology ; Engineering, Environmental ; Environmental Sciences
WOS研究方向	Science & Technology - Other Topics ; Engineering ; Environmental Sciences & Ecology
资源类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/350760
作者单位	[Miri, Payam] Razi Univ, Shahid Rezaei Inst, Kermanshah, Iran; [Babakhani, Peyman] Univ Leeds, Sch Earth & Environm, Earth Surface Sci Inst, Leeds LS2 9JT, W Yorkshire, England
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Miri, Payam,Babakhani, Peyman. On the failure of the only vernacular windcatcher in the mountainous region of Western Iran: Opportunities for energy-efficient buildings[J],2021,295.
APA	Miri, Payam,&Babakhani, Peyman.(2021).On the failure of the only vernacular windcatcher in the mountainous region of Western Iran: Opportunities for energy-efficient buildings.JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION,295.
MLA	Miri, Payam,et al."On the failure of the only vernacular windcatcher in the mountainous region of Western Iran: Opportunities for energy-efficient buildings".JOURNAL OF CLEANER PRODUCTION 295(2021).