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Passive downdraught cooling for schools in India: a study on Iira International School in Baroda, Gujarat, India

This study focuses on the design integration of passive downdraught evaporative cooling (PDEC) in a school building in the hot and dry climate of Gujarat, India. It sets out the design process through which different options were evaluated and assessed, and demonstrates that the combination of PDEC with other ‘common sense’ design principles can potentially deliver thermal comfort in school classrooms for most of the year. This is the first time that the application of PDEC to this building type has been evaluated, and indicates significant potential for wider adoption in India. It is anticipated that following construction, post-occupancy evaluation will be undertaken to establish performance in practice.