• Design that responds to local climate and site conditions to maintain a comfortable

temperature.
• Focuses on renewable sources of energy for heating, cooling, ventilation and
lighting.
• Design that takes advantage of the climate to maintain a comfortable
temperature range.

Passive design is the key to sustainable building.

PASSIVE DESIGN
 Building Location and Orientation
 Building Layout /Plan form
 Fenestration/ Window Design
 Materials
 Shading
 Ventilation
 Vegetation

PASSIVE DESIGN STRATEGIES

ORIENTATION
 Orientation where the north south axis is larger which has more exposure
towards east and west is not preferable for hot climates
 When sun comes to the south it is at a very high altitude and the solar
radiation can very conveniently be cut off by using horizontal shading.
 In hot area preferred orientation has a longer east west axis.
 Building orientation affects the orientation of the street.
 The preferable street orientation is north south which facilitates the buildings,
and it helps the streets to remain shaded for large part of the day.

ORIENTATION
BUILDING LAYOUT
BUILDING LAYOUT
BUILDING LAYOUT
BUILDING LAYOUT
DESIGN ELEMENTS
 The air is entering into the building in the direction of wind ,that air can pick up humidity
moisture from the water body and add to the moisture.

WATER BODY
 • Used for shading for cutting off the direct solar radiation in buildings.
• Indoors remain cool, , the verandas and courtyards are at a moderate
temperature and the outdoors are at a higher temperature.
• highly preferred design elements for warm humid climates because
it induces the air movement.

VERANDAS AND COURTYARD

 • Vegetation it helps in absorbing radiation.
• In summers, the deciduous trees would shade the building and
control the direct radiation and the day lighting while in winters
when they shed their leaves, they allow a lot of sunlight and
daylight to penetrate inside the building.

VEGETATION
ROOF FORM
 • High amount of precipitation the sloping roof is preferred
• Domical roofs are good for areas where we want where there is very high
amount of
solar radiation
• Sloping roofs would be good for cutting down solar radiations and managing
the heavy rains
• Flat roofs are good for cold areas because we want maximum amount of
solar exposure on to these roofs.

ROOF FORM
FENESTRATION
• The windows arranged in opposite corners on opposite walls of the room it will
allow almost the entire room to ventilate properly.
• If the window is towards east and west it would maximize the heat gain during
morning and evening.
WALL MATERIALS
VEGETATION