Wind tower and Thermal modelling Birmingham, UK

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Naturalvent© offer a full natural ventilation design service to clients who wish to incorporate this technology within their building design philosophy.

Design proposals are evaluated utilising current research and approved documents and guides prepared by CIBSE, BSRIA, DfES, BRE and varying IES Hevacomp software. Based upon involvement at project concept stage and utilising the clients building layout plans and design criteria we will provide design solutions which achieve building regulations L2 compliance and minimise the buildings carbon footprint whilst providing a comfortable internal environment.

Naturalvent© also offers a comprehensive installation service and product guarantee together with a design warranty.

How MacroFlo Works
MacroFlo lets us assign opening properties to Windows and doors using a simple and efficient editing process based on opening types. Running in tandem with the Thermal Modelling simulation program ApacheSim, MacroFlo uses a fast multizone thermo-fluid solver to simulate the interactions between air flows, pressures and Thermal conditions.

MacroFlo – Natural Ventilation by Design
Reducing energy consumption and carbon emissions is firmly on the agenda. With IES <Virtual Environment> we can minimize the need for air conditioning in a building, or eliminate it altogether.

The MacroFlo bulk air flow simulation software enables us to analyse the effectiveness of designs involving natural ventilation, so we can cut the cost to the environment – and to our clients.

What MacroFlo does
MacroFlo simulates air flow driven by Wind pressure and buoyancy forces and mechanical air movement.

This capability allows us to carry out studies of natural ventilation, infiltration, façade analysis and mixed-mode design.

Application areas include:

• Single-sided ventilation
• Cross-ventilation
• Whole-building ventilation strategies
• Chimneys
• Opening controls