All Outputs (2)

Climatic analysis of a passive cooling technology for the built environment in hot countries (2016)
Journal Article
Calautit, J. K., Hughes, B. R., & Nasir, D. S. (2017). Climatic analysis of a passive cooling technology for the built environment in hot countries. Applied energy, 186, 321-335. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.05.096

The aim of this work was to determine the ventilation and cooling potential of a passive cooling windcatcher operating under hot climatic conditions by replicating the monthly wind velocity, wind direction, temperature and relative humidity (RH) obse... Read More about Climatic analysis of a passive cooling technology for the built environment in hot countries.

A CFD analysis of several design parameters of a road pavement solar collector (RPSC) for urban application (2016)
Journal Article
Nasir, D. S., Hughes, B. R., & Calautit, J. K. (2017). A CFD analysis of several design parameters of a road pavement solar collector (RPSC) for urban application. Applied energy, 186, 436-449. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2016.04.002

Previous investigations of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) effects have highlighted the long-term negative impacts of urban street canyons on surroundings temperatures that indirectly contribute to global warming. Studies on road pavement solar collector... Read More about A CFD analysis of several design parameters of a road pavement solar collector (RPSC) for urban application.