Simulating natural ventilation in large sports buildings: Prediction of temperature and airflow patterns in the early design stages

Antonio D'Aquilio; Rusne Šileryte; Ding Yang; Michela Turrin

Simulating natural ventilation in large sports buildings: Prediction of temperature and airflow patterns in the early design stages

Antonio D'Aquilio, Rusne Šileryte, Ding Yang, Michela Turrin

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In large sport’s buildings, a big part of energy can be saved by providing natural instead of mechanical ventilation. However, additional challenges arise while controlling airflow and temperatures in different zones. These measures
highly depend on the shape, construction and ventilation openings, which are mostly decided in the early design stages. Computational optimization can support these early stages of design, but needs to be performed in efficient ways. In this respect, the project proposes rapid assessment of temperature and airflow patterns using customized Grasshopper components, which would be able to evaluate a given model using CONTAM and EnergyPlus software as
simulation engine. The proposed method integrates these simulations within an environment, which is familiar to architects and is largely used for parameterization of design in its early stages. A case study (Jiangmen Sports Center, Jiangmen, China) is used to test the developed process for a large indoor sports hall.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (simAUD 2016)
Editors	Ramtin Attar, Angelos Chronis, Sean Hanna, Michela Turrin
Publisher	simAUD
Pages	43-50
ISBN (Print)	978-1-365-05872-1
Publication status	Published - 2016
Event	SimAUD EU 2016: 7th annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design - London, United Kingdom Duration: 16 May 2016 → 18 May 2016

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Conference	SimAUD EU 2016: 7th annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	London
Period	16/05/16 → 18/05/16

Keywords

natural ventilation
early design stage
large volumes
sports buildings
rapid assessment
CONTAM
EnergyPlus
passive cooling
building envelope
building performance and simulation
thermal comfort

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D'Aquilio, Antonio ; Šileryte, Rusne ; Yang, Ding et al. / Simulating natural ventilation in large sports buildings : Prediction of temperature and airflow patterns in the early design stages. Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (simAUD 2016). editor / Ramtin Attar ; Angelos Chronis ; Sean Hanna ; Michela Turrin. simAUD, 2016. pp. 43-50

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D'Aquilio, A, Šileryte, R, Yang, D & Turrin, M 2016, Simulating natural ventilation in large sports buildings: Prediction of temperature and airflow patterns in the early design stages. in R Attar, A Chronis, S Hanna & M Turrin (eds), Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (simAUD 2016). simAUD, pp. 43-50, SimAUD EU 2016: 7th annual Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design, London, United Kingdom, 16/05/16.

Simulating natural ventilation in large sports buildings: Prediction of temperature and airflow patterns in the early design stages. / D'Aquilio, Antonio; Šileryte, Rusne; Yang, Ding et al.
Proceedings of the Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (simAUD 2016). ed. / Ramtin Attar; Angelos Chronis; Sean Hanna; Michela Turrin. simAUD, 2016. p. 43-50.

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