National & Kapodistrian University of Athens - NKUA
The Group of Building Environmental Studies of the University of Athens carries out research and education and provide services on the field of ventilation of buildings. In particular the group is primary specialized in studies and research on the field of Natural ventilation and indoor air quality in buildings.
As it concerns research the group has coordinated the European research project PASCOOL aiming to advance knowledge on the field of natural ventilation for the cooling of buildings. The group has designed and carried out specific experimental campaigns to access the potential of natural ventilation in buildings, while it has developed the network calculation model PASSPORT – Air able to estimate the air flow in naturally ventilated buildings. In the frame of the same project the group has contribute to the development of appropriate guidelines on the application of natural and night ventilation techniques during the same period. Recently, the group has been involved on the field of Hybrid Ventilation and participates in the specific IEA action as well as in the European Research project HYBVENT.
In parallel, the group has worked for many years on the specific characteristics of natural ventilation in urban areas. In the frame of the POLIS and URBVENT European research projects the group has carried out specific experiments in a great numbers of urban canyons and has highly contributed to advance the knowledge on this topic. The results of the above research have been recently published in the book ‘Energy and Environmental Quality in the Urban Built Environment’, published by James and James Science Publishers.
Finally, the group has worked on many projects related to indoor air quality in buildings. It has participated in the European Survey program and has carried out specific measurements in buildings trying to identify the role of ventilation on the air quality.
As it concerns education, the group has coordinated the European program AIOLOS aiming to produce educational material on the field of natural ventilation in buildings. As a result of the project a book on ‘Natural Ventilation in Buildings’ has been published in collaboration with the other participants, by James and James Science Publishers., while the educational computational tool AIOLOS has been also developed. In parallel, the scientific knowledge of the group on the field of convective passive cooling, has been translated into an educational book , ‘Passive Cooling’, published by the same publishers.
Finally, the group has undertaken specific national and international building design projects proving expertise on the implementation of natural ventilation, passive cooling and indoor air quality. Some of the them are : Τhe Fatima church in Portugal, sport centers in London, The Delphi Museum, etc…
National & Kapodistrian University of Athens - NKUA
Panepistimioupolis, Building Physics 5
15784 Athens - Greece
e-mail : msantam©cc.uoa.gr
Group of Building Environmental Studies