The Model of WWF Passive Cooling to Cope Global Warming in the Urban Settlements

Abstract

This paper examines how to reduce GHG (Green House Gas) emissions at architecture level. The study focuses on efficiency energy, because it has become the most dominant of GHG emissions. The urban settlements are mostly using AC (Air Conditioning) to get thermal comfort. The accumulation of using AC, as a mechanical cooling model, is the biggest consumption of energy in urban settlements. However, it needs the new solution to get thermal comfort without using AC. The study uses experiment to answer the research objective. To get thermal comfort without AC (mechanical cooling model) or electric fan (active cooling model) is a passive cooling model. To create passive cooling in the urban settlements, it needs the new design. By using WWF (Water-Wind-Flora) in designing, the urban settlements can get the thermal comfort. Many tests of thermal comfort have been done to know the result of passive cooling effort. By using AZ-HT-02 and LM-81AM (the tools of thermal comfort), the urban settlements are actually still at the comfort zone. Having an efficiency of energy, the model of WWF passive cooling can reduce GHG emissions in urban settlements. In the other words, to cope the global warming in the urban settlements, people can use the model of WWF passive cooling. Afterwards, at the large scale of using WWF passive cooling, the effort of reduction of GHG emissions will have a significant result.