Matthew Edis joined Ben Mead (Cundall), Huw Poppy (Passivent) and Owen Connick (Carrier) to give a deep dive into Passive Stack Ventilation with the CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group.
Matthew and Ben presented on the practical challenges they have faced on their projects and brought a sustainability angle to a technically complex issue. Topics discussed included
- Buildings impact on climate change.
- How to model passive stack ventilation effectively.
- Real-world projects that have seen its use.
- The beneficial impacts on comfort and energy use reduction by adopting these techniques.
A really interesting discussion occurred off the back of the presentation. Contributions from a range of people attending the presentation remotely contributed to a fantastic discussion. This covered the challenges of neutral buoyancy in multi storey buildings, the future of domestic passive ventilation design and how embodied carbon thinking must be a consideration in ventilation design.
Although not there yet, once uploaded, the presentation will be hosted here for those who wish to see it. https://www.cibse.org/get-involved/special-interest-groups/natural-ventilation-group/natural-ventilation-presentations/
Thank you to CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group for a great event.
For those not familiar with the CIBSE Natural Ventilation Group, it is an international group comprising a steering committee from industry and academia serving a wider membership of several thousand.
Aims of the group
- To ensure natural ventilation is properly considered at the design stage equally with mechanical ventilation or air conditioning.
- To disseminate knowledge via seminars, publications, and the internet.
- To recommend research projects.
- To be at the forefront of knowledge of the low energy, environmental, and economic performance of natural ventilation.
- To work with consultants, contractors, manufacturers, and researchers in pursuing these aims.
