Cross ventilation is a natural phenomenon where wind, fresh air or a breeze enters upon an opening, such as a window, and flows directly through the space and exits through an opening on the opposite side of the building (where the air pressure is lower). This produces a cool stream of air and as well as a current across the room from the exposed area to the sheltered area.[1]
Cross ventilation is a wind-driven effect and requires no energy, in addition to being the most effective method of wind ventilation. A commonly used technique to remove pollutants and heat in an indoor environment, cross ventilation can also decrease or even obviate the need for an air-conditioner and can improve indoor air quality.[2] Other terms used for the effect include, cross-breeze, cross-draft, wind effect ventilation and cross-flow ventilation.
- ^ Wind ventilation and cross ventilation Connection Magazines
- ^ Kosutova, Katarina; Van Hooff, Twan; Vanderwel, Christina; Blocken, Bert; Hensen, Jan (2019). "Cross-ventilation in a generic isolated building equipped with louvers: Wind-tunnel experiments and CFD simulations" (PDF). Building and Environment. 154: 263–280. Bibcode:2019BuEnv.154..263K. doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2019.03.019. S2CID 116029282.