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Urban Wind Design for the Citadel of Bonifacio

13 octobre 2017 0 Guillaume Caniot

Why urban wind design? The UrbalTerre company was in charge of designing the new urban area which will be built on the Citadel of Bonifacio (Corsica Island), city which is also known as the “Daughter of the Wind”, one of…

Natural ventilation

Wind Thermal Comfort and Natural Ventilation Evaluation

6 avril 2017 0 Stéphane Sanquer

Study by Sordo Madaleno Arquitectos – KE Fibertec wind consultant Eric Hernandez Desentis is the general manager of KE Fibertec in Mexico. KE Fibertec AS develops air distribution systems based on fibre technology. Their purpose is to ensure good indoor climate.…

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ICWE 2017: International Conference on Wind Engineering

22 janvier 2016 0 Delphine Pouzet

19th International Conference on Wind Engineering will be held in Prague - March 23-24. It aims to bring together academic scientists and researchers to exchange and share their experiences and research results about all aspects of wind engineering. It’s also a…

Wind energy

Wind Resource Assessment of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

17 novembre 2015 0 Guillaume Caniot

Large cities are engaged in reducing CO2 emissions with the help of renewable energy. The aim of this study is to assess wind resource and energy production over the 640 km² of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB) in order…

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Building Simulation Conference 2015

17 août 2015 0 Stéphane Sanquer

December 7-9 – Hyberabad India, 14th International Conference of the International Building Performance Simulation Association. The conference is about building energy analysis and performance simulation. Building designers, architects, sustainability managers, researchers and developers will debate and share experience about new…

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AIVC conference: effective natural ventilation in high performance buildings

12 juin 2015 0 Stéphane Sanquer

The 36th AIVC conference will be held in Madrid – Spain. September 23 – 24. The building sector plays a key role to be successful in reducing energy use and greenhouse gas emissions. Development of new regulations and high performance…

Pedestrian comfort

Novus Environmental Experience – Illustrating differences of meteorological data on pedestrian wind comfort analysis

6 janvier 2015 0 Stéphane Sanquer

In Toronto, Ontario, Canada, pedestrian wind studies are required for new developments, as the construction of new buildings (particularly tall buildings) can influence wind patterns at grade. To properly assess these wind conditions, the local climate in the vicinity of…

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CFD urban wind computation makes great improvements

18 décembre 2014 0 Stéphane Sanquer

Urban wind computation based on CFD can be used by architects, urban planners and green building consultants who need to assess the wind in urban areas. CFD technology namely computation of the wind flow remains a solution for non-specialist. UrbaWind software…

Wind energy

SWIP PROJECT – How to develop use of small & medium size wind turbines in urban and peri-urban areas?

1 août 2014 0 Julien Berthaut Gerentes

The SWIP Project (New innovative solutions, components and tools for the integration of wind energy in urban and peri-urban areas) is a European R&D program to develop the use of small and medium size wind turbines in Europe. To satisfy…

Pedestrian comfort

Differences between the reference wind at the reference station and the real wind in urban area

9 mai 2014 0 Stéphane Sanquer

Wind assessment in urban places becomes necessary as soon as comfort, wind energy production, natural ventilation potential should be assess. From a “green building point of view”, the knowledge of the urban climatology i.e. the wind around the buildings is…

Urban Wind Design for the Citadel of Bonifacio

Wind Thermal Comfort and Natural Ventilation Evaluation

ICWE 2017: International Conference on Wind Engineering

Wind Resource Assessment of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Building Simulation Conference 2015

Urban Wind Design for the Citadel of Bonifacio

Wind Thermal Comfort and Natural Ventilation Evaluation

ICWE 2017: International Conference on Wind Engineering

Wind Resource Assessment of the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona

Building Simulation Conference 2015

AIVC conference: effective natural ventilation in high performance buildings

Novus Environmental Experience – Illustrating differences of meteorological data on pedestrian wind comfort analysis

CFD urban wind computation makes great improvements

SWIP PROJECT – How to develop use of small & medium size wind turbines in urban and peri-urban areas?

Differences between the reference wind at the reference station and the real wind in urban area

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