Windtech Expands its Portfolio Across Canada & the USA
Posted on March 15, 2025A message from Stefan Gopaul, Associate Director | Regional Manager, Canada & USA: Windtech’s extensive wind engineering experience has seen over 3,000 completed projects world-wide and its high-service culture has been shown in the form of cost-effective, innovative solutions deployed on numerous projects across North America. Windtech’s wind engineering services have become highly sought after […]
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Feature Project: Bellanza, The Prestige City Sector II, Mulund
Posted on December 21, 2024Figure 1. Perspective Image (Image Provided by Prestige Group) Prestige Bellanza Residences stands as a landmark development in Mumbai, symbolizing modern architectural elegance and quality by the Prestige Group. Comprised of six 54-story high-rise towers atop seven podium levels, Bellanza is an impressive addition to the city’s skyline. This residential project is designed to set […]
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Air Quality Studies for Performance Based Solutions
Posted on October 1, 2024Air quality is often managed through prescriptive rules, generally in terms of minimum separation distances between the sources and accessible areas. There is generally no consideration in these rules for the potential effect of the pollutant being channelled by the wind for example in a gap between two podiums or entrapment of the discharge within […]
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Natural Ventilation in Buildings
Posted on August 30, 2024Natural Ventilation in Tall Buildings Tall buildings in temperate climates, with proper programming of the floor plan can easily achieve effective natural ventilation in buildings with very little reliance on mechanical ventilation. Natural ventilation not only assists in maintaining air quality but can also assist in providing improved thermal comfort by means of night flushing […]
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Advantages of Pedestrian Wind Comfort Studies
Posted on July 29, 2024Advantages of Pedestrian Wind Comfort Studies at the Early Stages of Design The importance of a safe and comfortable wind environment in the vicinity of new buildings is now acknowledged by project managers and architects alike. A study by Rose and Dolega (2021) involving over 2000 major high street retail outlets in the UK has […]
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