Cool power : natural ventilation systems in historic buildings / / Carla Balocco and Giuseppe Grazzini

• Autore: Balocco Carla
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Nova Science Publishers, c2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (106 p.)
• Disciplina: 697.9/2
• Soggetto topico: Natural ventilation; Historic buildings - Heating and ventilation
• Altri autori: GrazziniGiuseppe <1949->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- COOL POWER: NATURAL VENTILATIONSYSTEMS IN HISTORIC BUILDINGS -- CONTENTS -- LISTS OF FIGURES -- PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- NATURAL COOLING TECHNIQUESIN HISTORIC BUILDINGS -- NATURAL COOLING TECHNIQUESIN A HISTORIC MANSION -- ABSTRACT -- 2.1. THE NATURAL COOLING SYSTEM -- 2.2. THE TRENTO-CARLI VILLAS -- 2.3. COOLING SYSTEM -- 2.4. COOLING POWER -- 2.5. CONCLUSION -- THE ANCIENT NATURAL VENTILATIONSYSTEM OF THE OLD MARCHESEBUILDING IN PALERMO -- ABSTRACT -- 3.1. THE EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENT CAMPAIGN -- 3.2. CFD FEM SIMULATION -- RESULTS -- THE ANCIENT NATURAL VENTILATION SYSTEMIN THE PITTI PALACE IN FLORENCE -- ABSTRACT -- 4.1. HISTORY -- 4.2. INVESTIGATED ROOMS AND THE PHYSICAL SCALE MODEL -- 4.3. BOUNDARY LAYER WIND TUNNEL TESTS -- 4.4. FUNDAMENTAL RESULTS -- 4.5. CFD FEM SIMULATION -- 4.6. RESULTS -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
• Sommario/riassunto: Natural ventilation in buildings, generally belongings to bio climatic design, can provide a comfortable indoor climate and major possibilities for energy saving and reducing energy consumption due to mechanical ventilation and air conditioning systems.
• Titolo autorizzato: Cool power
• ISBN: 1-61122-444-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910962048803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Energy science, engineering and technology series.