Passive design guideline for hot humid climate in Libya: Lessons from past, visions for future

Nowadays contemporary housing in Libya has suffered from problematic issues of high energy consumption and lack of meeting social needs. Therefore this study aims to solve the problems of Contemporary housing by set solutions as guideline for sustainable design of passive housing in hot humid region. The methodology of this study depended on ; first questionnaire that have given to people who have living in contemporary and traditional housing in terms of identify their problem and future needs , second case study on contemporary housing for people who has experience of living in two kinds of housing: traditional and contemporary housing . The significance of the result of this study will add to the knowledge sustainable guidelines for passive housing in hot humid region which did not found in previous studies.