Passive cooling tropical house

One of the best ways to create a perfect home is to create it with respect to the natural elements acting up around it, good architecture exists in harmony with nature. Passive Cooling does not only give user comfort, but it also saves energy making the house sustainable. There are a lot of passive cooling techniques but here are some that can be applied to your future home in the tropics.

Why do buildings need to be ventilated?

Learn how to incorporate passive cooling designs into your house, and use the wind, shade, and principles of heat and solar radiation to push out warm air and draw in cool air naturally - Fine Homebuilding

Natural or passive ventilation is one of the primary concerns of a tropical home. How good the passive ventilation in your home is, will...

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Traditional buildings in Indonesia make use of ‘passive’ cooling techniques. Being well ventilated, raised off the ground, and with shady verandas, their

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When it comes to building energy-efficient homes, there are various design approaches available to homeowners and architects alike. Two popular strategies that often get confused are Passive Solar Design (PSD) and Passive House (PH) Design.While both share the common goal of reducing energy consumption and improving comfort, they have distinct principles and methodologies.In this blog, we'll delve deeper into each approach, highlighting their unique features and benefits to help you make an…

Master 12 passive cooling strategies for hot climates in architecture: Enhance energy efficiency and comfort with smart design choices.

Strictly defined, the term ‘passive cooling’ applies only to those processes of heat dissipation that will occur naturally, that is without the mediation of mechanical components or energy inputs. The definition encompasses situations where the coupling of spaces and building elements to ambient heat sinks (air, sky, earth and water) by means of natural modes of heat transfer leads to an appreciable cooling effect indoors. However, before taking measures to dissipate unwanted heat, it is…