Overcoming the barriers to implement passive climatic design in the Libyan built environment

Abstract EN

Climate change is one of the most difficult problems facing the world today, accordingly, passive climatic design has been considered as an essential approach to a sustainable built environment.

It is design that does not require mechanical heating or cooling were buildings are passively designed to take advantage of natural energy flows to sustain thermal comfort and create a good stable indoor climate.

Issues related to climate have been explored by a number of researchers in Libya, however, the application of passive climatic design in the contemporary Libyan architecture is very rare.

Within this background, this research is conducted based on qualitative approach by utilised interview for data collection, were members from different professional groups who dealt with passive design were interviewed in order to establish factors influencing the implementation of passive climatic design in the Libyan built environment.

The findings show that there are four main factors related to Architectural and planning design, End users, Marketing and Government.

The paper identifies the principles of passive climatic design in hot regions and provides suggestions to implement these principles in Libyan future architecture.