Cross ventilation

Cross ventilation is a natural phenomenon where wind enters an opening, such as a window, flows directly through the space, and exits through an opening on the opposite side of the building (where the air pressure is lower). This produces a cool stream of air and a current across the room from the exposed area to the sheltered area.^[1]

Cross ventilation is powered by the wind and thus requires no energy input, in addition to being the most effective method of wind ventilation. A commonly used technique to remove pollutants and heat in an indoor environment, cross ventilation can also decrease or even obviate the need for air conditioning and can improve indoor air quality.^[2] Other terms used for the effect include cross-breeze, cross-draft, wind effect ventilation and cross-flow ventilation.

^ Wind ventilation and cross ventilation Connection Magazines
^ Kosutova, Katarina; Van Hooff, Twan; Vanderwel, Christina; Blocken, Bert; Hensen, Jan (2019). "Cross-ventilation in a generic isolated building equipped with louvers: Wind-tunnel experiments and CFD simulations" (PDF). Building and Environment. 154: 263–280. Bibcode:2019BuEnv.154..263K. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.03.019. S2CID 116029282.

[build-1] Wind ventilation and cross ventilation Connection Magazines

[2] Kosutova, Katarina; Van Hooff, Twan; Vanderwel, Christina; Blocken, Bert; Hensen, Jan (2019). "Cross-ventilation in a generic isolated building equipped with louvers: Wind-tunnel experiments and CFD simulations" (PDF). Building and Environment. 154: 263–280. Bibcode:2019BuEnv.154..263K. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.03.019. S2CID 116029282.

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