NATURAL VENTILATION

AND PASSIVE COOLING

SICK BUILDING
SYNDROME
WHAT CAUSES SICK BUILDING SYNDROME?

1. Buildings with POOR VENTILATION, such

as schools, offices, & public spaces.
2. High level of DUST.
3. Tabacco SMOKE.
4. Room with POOR LIGHTING.
POOR VENTILATION
NATURAL VENTILATION
 WHAT IS NATURAL VENTILATION?
Natural ventilation is the process of
supplying and removing air through a
space by natural means it can be achieved
with openable windows or vents.
PASSIVE COOLING
 WHAT IS PASSIVE COOLING?
Passive cooling is a building approach
that focuses on heat gain control and
heat dissipation in a building in order to
improve the indoor thermal comfort with
low or no energy consumption.
 IMPORTANT
ELEMENTS OF
PASSIVE COOLING
& NATURAL
VENTILATION
 BUILDING
ORIENTATION
EXTERNAL
FACTORS
SUN
VEGETATION
SHADOW
OPENINGS
CHOOSE THE RIGHT WINDOW

JALOUSIE AWNING SLIDING

100% 75% 50%
CHOOSE THE BEST LOCATION FOR OPENINGS
UNDERSTAND
THE
MOVEMENT
OF AIR
HOT AIR COLD AIR
GOES GOES
UP DOWN
 SUN
SHADING
DEVICES
TYPES OF SUN SHADING DEVICES

1. INTERNAL
2. EXTERNAL
INTERNAL

CURTAINS
INTERNAL

BLINDS
INTERNAL

ROLLERS
EXTERNAL

CANOPY
EXTERNAL

BRISE SOLEIL
EXTERNAL

CANOPY
INSULATION
 ROOF
INSULATION
FOAM
WALL
 CHOOSE YOUR WALL

CHB WALL SRC PANEL WALL

DURING DAY - COOL INSULATED. CONSISTENT COOL
DURING NIGHT -WARM TEMPERATURE ALL DAY