%0 Journal Article
	%A Wei-Hwa Chiang and  Hao-Hsiang Hsu and  Jian-Sheng Huang
	%D 2011
	%J International Journal of Architectural and Environmental Engineering
	%B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
	%I Open Science Index 52, 2011
	%T Fenestration Effects on Cross Ventilation for a Typical Taiwanese School Building When Applying Wind Profile
	%U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/7988
	%V 52
	%X Appropriate ventilation in a classroom is helpful for
enhancing air exchange rate and student concentration. This study
focuses on the effects of fenestration in a four-story school building by
performing numerical simulation of a building when considering
indoor and outdoor environments simultaneously. The wind profile
function embedded in PHOENICS code was set as the inlet boundary
condition in a suburban environment. Sixteen fenestration
combinations were compared in a classroom containing thirty seats.
This study evaluates mean age of air (AGE) and airflow pattern of a
classroom on different floors. Considering both wind profile and
fenestration effects, the airflow on higher floors is channeled toward
the area near ceiling in a room and causes older mean age of air in the
breathing zone. The results in this study serve as a useful guide for
enhancing natural ventilation in a typical school building.
	%P 197 - 202