...Ahmed B. Ayyash; Mohd Khairul Azhar Mat Sulaiman; Wardah Fatimah Mohammad Yusoff Purpose This study aims to enhance the passive-cooling performance of Mashrabiya-inspired façade shading for residential buildings in Baghdad's hot-arid climate through an orientation-specific, performance-based...

...Mansoure Dormohamadi; Mansoureh Tahbaz; Azin Velashjerdi Farahani Purpose Life experience in hot and arid areas of Iran has proved that in the transitional seasons (spring and autumn) in which the climate is not too hot, passive cooling systems such as windcatchers (baadgir) have functioned well...