Passive Design Strategies to Adapt to Heat Waves

Passive Design Strategies to Adapt to Heat Waves: Thermal Comfort, Energy

Efficiency, and Building Resilience offers a comprehensive guide to passive design

techniques tailored to various climate zones. Combining historical insights with

modern advancements, this book explores practical strategies for enhancing thermal

comfort, energy efficiency, and building resilience. Aimed at architects, engineers,

researchers, and students, it bridges the gap between theory and application, providing

real-world case studies and simulation methodologies. With a focus on reducing

energy consumption and supporting global sustainability goals, it delivers actionable

solutions for creating adaptive, energy-efficient buildings worldwide.

• Explores passive design techniques tailored to diverse climates, including

hot and dry, hot and humid, Mediterranean, temperate, and continental

regions.

• Integrates historical architecture with modern energy-efficient design, supported

by real-world case studies and simulation methodologies.

• Emphasizes reducing energy consumption, enhancing thermal comfort,

and building resilience to improve sustainability.