ventilationsdesign
Ventilationsdesign refers to the planning and engineering of systems that supply, distribute and remove air within buildings and industrial facilities to maintain acceptable indoor air quality, thermal comfort and energy efficiency. The discipline integrates principles of fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, acoustics and control engineering to determine airflow rates, ductwork layout, fan selection, filtration, heat recovery and control strategies.
Common approaches include natural ventilation, using wind and buoyancy forces; mechanical ventilation, employing fans and ducts;
Tools used in ventilationsdesign range from manual calculations and psychrometric analysis to computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Sustainable ventilationsdesign emphasizes heat recovery, demand-controlled ventilation, high-efficiency fans and integrated controls to reduce energy consumption