A study of the effectiveness of passive climate control in naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore

A field measurement and computational energy simulations have been carried out for that study, to examine the effectiveness of commonly used passive climate control methods for naturally ventilated residential buildings in Singapore. Concerning building orientation, faade construction, special roof system and window shading device , their effect on thermal environment and cooling load have been studied. It appears that the most efficient method to reduce the room cooling load is to use the special roof system as thermal buffer.