Passive design

Designing a house in the tropics should respond to the climate. With climate change, designing a house to be more responsive, is essential.

As the climate is changing we need to adopt some passive cooling techniques to cool down our house not just to depend on mechanical cooling because it harms our nature. Having these kind of passive techniques can bring lots of changes. To read more about passive cooling and green roof click on the image you will be redirected to the main article... #pin #pinterest #pinterestcreators #greenroof #roofs #passive #passivecooling #sustainable #evaporation #cool #nature #layakarchitect…

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Passive solar design takes advantage of a building’s site, climate, and materials to minimize energy use.

Completed in 2017 in Xuân Quan, Vietnam. Images by Hiroyuki Oki. Located in a recently developed area at about 30 minutes driving from Hanoi (Vietnam), the Japanese nursing university created a learning environment...

Passive Heating Techniques - Free download as Powerpoint Presentation (.ppt / .pptx), PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or view presentation slides online. Passive solar design uses sunlight to heat buildings without mechanical devices. There are three main approaches: direct gain, indirect gain, and isolated gain. Direct gain involves south-facing windows and thermal mass to store heat. Indirect gain uses elements like Trombe walls between windows and living spaces to absorb and transfer…

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

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.

Miikana Prairie Home on Instagram: “As a passive solar design, the axes of our house are aligned with the compass and path of the sun throughout the year. The 30 degree angles…”