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Wind Orientation

Wind Orientation is a building-level design strategy within environmental architecture that orients a structure relative to prevailing wind patterns to optimize natural ventilation, thermal comfort, and energy efficiency in buildings.

48

Publications

2.2K

Citations

143

Authors

71

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Publications

48

Effect of roof shape, wind direction, building height and urban configuration on the energy yield and positioning of roof mounted wind turbines

Islam Abohela, Neveen Hamza, Steven Dudek · Renewable Energy · 2012 · 259 citations

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Factors affecting the hunting success of male and female lions in the Kruger National Park

Paul J. Funston, M. G. L. Mills, Harry Biggs · Journal of Zoology · 2001 · 196 citations

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Elementary sensory-motor transformations underlying olfactory navigation in walking fruit-flies

Efrén Álvarez-Salvado, Angela Licata, Erin Connor et al. · eLife · 2018 · 155 citations · Full text

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Effect of wind direction on greenhouse ventilation rate, airflow patterns and temperature distributions

M. Teitel, G. Ziskind, Oded Liran et al. · Biosystems Engineering · 2008 · 110 citations

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Influence of the vertical wind and wind direction on the power output of a small vertical-axis wind turbine installed on the rooftop of a building

Kung‐Yen Lee, Shao-Hua Tsao, Chieh-Wen Tzeng et al. · Applied Energy · 2017 · 90 citations

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Authors

143

  1. BC
    Bin Cao

    Tsinghua University, China

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  2. YZ
    Yingxin Zhu

    Tsinghua University, China

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  3. JG
    John Gelegenis

    Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece

    2 publications · 116 citations

    2

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  4. ZX
    Zuoyu Xie

    Tsinghua University, China

    2 publications · 46 citations

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  5. PJ
    Petros J. Axaopoulos

    Technological Educational Institute of Athens, Greece

    2 publications · 116 citations

    2

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Institutions

71

  1. Tsinghua University

    Beijing, China

    3 h-index

    9 publications

    198 citations

  2. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    329 citations

  3. Rocky Mountain Research (United States)

    Salt Lake City, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    117 citations

  4. National Technical University of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    116 citations

  5. Technological Educational Institute of Athens

    Athens, Greece

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    232 citations

  6. Hong Kong Polytechnic University

    Hong Kong, Hong Kong

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    160 citations

  7. KU Leuven

    Leuven, Belgium

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    84 citations

  8. Etosha Ecological Institute

    Windhoek, Namibia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

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Venues

  1. Building and Environment

    7 publications · 214 citations

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    h-index

  2. Applied Energy

    2 publications · 163 citations

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  3. Journal of Glaciology

    2 publications · 117 citations

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  4. Energy Procedia

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. Engineering Structures

    1 publications · 43 citations

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