Passive Design Strategies to Adapt to Heat Waves

Thermal Comfort, Energy Efficiency, and Building Resilience
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-041-08477-8
Verlag: CRC Press

Buch, Englisch, 536 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

Combining historical insights with modern advancements, 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. 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 architectural 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.

Zielgruppe

Professional Reference

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kuczy&

Kuczynski, Tadeusz

Staszczuk, Anna

Gortych, Marta

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Architektur Ökologische Aspekte in der Architektur

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1 Introduction

Chapter 2 The Escalating Threat of Heat Waves in a Warming World

Chapter 3 Frameworks for Assessing Building Thermal Comfort: Rating Systems, Standards, and Metrics

Chapter 4 Evaluating Building Thermal Resilience: Methods and Indicators

Chapter 5 Comprehensive Assessment of Passive Strategies: Environmental, Energy, and Economic Perspectives

Chapter 6 Impacts of Outdoor Temperatures on Indoor Environments

Chapter 7 Active Strategies for Mitigating Heat Stress in Buildings

Chapter 8 Passive Cooling as an Alternative to Mechanical Air Conditioning Systems: Theoretical Foundations

Chapter 9 Practical Applications of Shading Solutions in Architecture

Chapter 10 Thermal Mass in Architectural Design: Function, Climate, and Material Availability

Chapter 11 Practical Applications of Ventilation Technologies in Vernacular Architecture

Chapter 12 Integrated Passive Cooling Strategies in Vernacular Architecture

Chapter 13 Research in Passive Cooling Technologies

Chapter 14 Thermal Mass and Phase Change Materials

Chapter 15 Integrated Passive Strategies

Chapter 16 Research on Building Thermal Resilience

Chapter 17 Innovative Building Solutions for Future Climate

Chapter 18 Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Prof. Tadeusz Kuczynski graduated in 1976 from the Faculty of Civil Engineering at the Wroclaw University of Technology, where he earned his PhD in 1980 and was awarded the academic title of professor in 2003. Since 1999, he has been associated with the University of Zielona Góra, where he held various leadership positions, including Dean of the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering (2002–2008), Deputy-Rector for Science and International Cooperation (2008–2012), and Rector (2012–2020). His research focuses on indoor climate and energy consumption in buildings, pollutant emissions (particularly nitrogen compounds) and their environmental impact, energy efficiency in buildings, and renewable energy engineering. In the last five years, Prof. Kuczynski has co-authored numerous articles published in leading journals. His active research output, leadership in high-impact projects, and commitment to sustainable development position Prof. Kuczynski as a leading expert in sustainable architecture, energy efficiency, and environmental engineering.