Abstract
Conservation of energy and improvement of indoor thermal confort can be effected economically through passive design of buildings. These buildings take advantage of the favourable features of the local climate to provide comfortable indoor environment. The study analyses the temperature conditions from 24 locations in Libya to estimate the need for heating, cooling and sunshading in different regions. A further analysis of the climatic data two main regions of Libya with distinct passive strategies. The northern region along the Mediterranean coast is characterised by the need of passive solar heating. The buildings in this region should restrict conductive heat flow, prevent infiltration and promote solar heat gains. The southern region, a part of the Sahara desert, on the other hand, need buildings of high thermal mass to moderate extremes in the local weather. The buildings of this region should promote natural ventilation, restrict solar heat gain and encourage evaporative and radiant cooling.
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