Wind-Energy Double-Skin Facade

Scientific Research Spring 2024

As the world prioritizes sustainable development, building desian seeks solutions thateduce environmental impact and enhance energy efficiency. This study investigates thentegration of Tesla valves within double skin facade (DSF) cavities to regulate airflow foroptimized natural ventilation. Additionally, the potential for micro-grid electricity genera.tion from this airflow is explored. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations weremployed, along with a physical model setup for validation. Results indicate that optnized Tesla valve intearation can sianificantly enhance ventlation rates, increasing wincvelocity by 22% compared to the baseline case. This study also explores the potential fosmall-scale electricity generation within DSFs. These findings contribute to the develop.ment of sustainable and energy-efficient building envelope technologies