P4. Design Methods and Guidelines for Natural Ventilation in California > Approach

• Develop natural ventilation strategies for cooling load reduction in small commercial buildings in California.
  
• Develop natural ventilation design methods, construction techniques, and strategies that address non-energy benefits, such as occupant comfort and indoor air quality.
  
• Develop natural ventilation software tools for design to improve building energy efficiency and lower the cost of building design, construction, and operation.

• Review natural ventilation strategies used predominantly in Europe, identifying specific issues and opportunities that apply to California.
  
• Develop a natural ventilation design and analysis tool, based on the multi-zone model CONTAM.
  
• Develop a natural ventilation design screening method to evaluate the suitability of natural ventilation across California's climate zones.
  
• Document the results from these analyses in reports and publish the design methods and software.

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