Objectives
- Accelerate the adoption of passive cooling strategies to reduce emissions, improve thermal comfort, and ensure climate resilience in buildings.
- Support policymakers and stakeholders in developing enabling frameworks, guidelines, and toolkits for integration into building policies.
- Promote global collaboration, knowledge-exchange, and capacity-building to scale passive cooling, especially in heat-stressed and low-income regions.
- Advance commitments under the Global Cooling Pledge through advocacy, awareness, and technical support.
Outputs
- Passive Cooling Knowledge Platform to share experiences, data, and case studies.
- Model Guidelines to support integration of passive cooling into national and regional policies.
- Capacity-building programmes including trainings, webinars, and workshops for key stakeholders.
- Dissemination and outreach through global events and platforms.
Co-Chairs
Facilitator: Gennai Kamata, [email protected]
Resources
Passive Cooling WG Calendar 2025
Past Meetings
- Heat Mitigation with Cool Surfaces for Sustainable Built Environment
19 June 2025 - Cooling People with Air Movement
3 April 2025 - Accelerating Nature-based Solutions for Building Energy-efficiency and Thermal Comfort
6 February 2025 - Passive Cooling Strategies for Sustainable Development in Cambodia
5 December 2024 - Providing Thermal Security through Energy Efficient Methods is a Matter of Survival for Many Regions
22 October 2024