Open AccessDevelopment of a wind catcher for high-rise apartments in the hot-humid climate of Indonesia
Author(s) -
Tetsu Kubota,
Takéo Takahashi,
Andhang Rakhmat Trihamdani,
Hiroshi Mori,
Takashi Asawa
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/1007/1/012008
Subject(s) - natural ventilation , environmental science , ventilation (architecture) , meteorology , high rise , wind speed , climate simulation , tropical climate , atmospheric sciences , architectural engineering , engineering , geography , climate change , structural engineering , climate model , geology , oceanography , archaeology
This study aims to develop a new device, “cross-wind catcher”, for mid-to-high-rise affordable apartments for improving the ventilation performance in the tropics, where the natural ventilation is considered essential. We conducted a primary simulation study to find optimum wind catchers, followed by a field experiment using a full-scale experimental building to confirm the effects of the proposed device. The results showed that the proposed cross-wind catcher was able to increase the ACH by approximately 1.2 to 1.4 times compared with the control unit.