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The role of wind-catcher (Ba'd-gir) on natural ventilation in hot and arid region in Iran (case study: wind-catcher Dowlat Abad Garden in Yazd).

Number: pap. 952

Author(s) : KARIMZADEH A., SHAHRIARI S., KARIMZADEH J.

Summary

One of the basic necessities in designing and construction of buildings is to devise a ventilation system. As a result of technology development and making use of fossil resources of energy, this need is Requirements broadly through utilizing mechanical ventilation systems. However, regarding the increasing use of energy and the ecological crisis threatening the environment more than ever, it is necessary to take the use of clean resources of energy into consideration more than before.
Considering the fact that one of the main characteristics of Iranian traditional architecture is being responsive and consistent to the climate, making the best use of renewable energies, such as wind for cooling the buildings. The strategies used by Iranian architects for handling air flow in buildings show their proficiency and creativity in using natural energies. Therefore, nowadays, the Iranian ancient experience in the use of natural energy of wind for cooling buildings can contribute to the development methods and exploitation the renewable energies and its potentialities compatible to new and modern lifestyle.
A wind-catcher (Ba'd-gir) is a traditional element of Iranian architecture used since centuries to create natural ventilation in the buildings; also it has been served as a cooling system, used to provide acceptable ventilation by means of renewable energy of wind.
In this paper, the features and the functional principles of natural ventilation systems for cooling the buildings is studied, and then the application of wind-catcher as a masterpiece of Iranian traditional architecture and typology of wind-catchers will be analyzed. Based on the derived ideas, methods and strategies are suggested for the application of natural ventilation in buildings, during hot season in hot-arid region of Iran. In the present study, the wind-catcher of Dowlat Abad Garden in Yazd which is the highest wind-catcher in the world is selected as case study.

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  • Original title: The role of wind-catcher (Ba'd-gir) on natural ventilation in hot and arid region in Iran (case study: wind-catcher Dowlat Abad Garden in Yazd).
  • Record ID : 30010397
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Clima 2013. 11th REHVA World Congress and 8th International Conference on Indoor Air Quality, Ventilation and Energy Conservation in Buildings.
  • Publication date: 2013/06/16

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