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Wind Towers: Architecture, Climate and Sustainability

By Ali Sayigh (Auth.) , Mehdi N. Bahadori , Alireza Dehghani-sanij

Book information

Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Year
2014
ISBN
978-3-319-05875-7, 978-3-319-05876-4
DOI
10.1007/978-3-319-05876-4
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
16 MB (16999625 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
212\218
Topic
Technique Energy
Time added
2014-06-12 06:00:00
general; Building ConstructionRenewable and Green Energy; Architecture

Description

This unique volume provides the only holistic treatment of wind towers, a core aspect of sustainable architecture in hot, arid climates. The authors explain how traditional incarnations of these structures provide significant decreases in energy consumption through their use of renewable wind resources to cool buildings and water storage facilities. Beginning with the underlying scientific principles, the design and operation of wind towers is explained in depth and suggestions for optimization are provided, supported by the authors' findings from recent analytical studies.

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