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Compare the design intentions to the results of the CFD models, and measure against the verification methods determined during pre-design. The passive cooling through natural ventilation is easy to signal intent with the use of arrows and expected patterns of wind flow.
We have also been using Computational Fluid Dynamics to visualize air-flow patterns in the building. This is something that crosses the line between rule-of-thumb, and detailed cooling analysis, into energy modeling, but is worth mentioning as it is one of the few ways to visualize natural ventilation strategies without doing wind tunnel or full-scale testing. |
