Sustainable Cooling Through Solar‐Chimney Systems: A Systematic Review of Passive, Active, and PV/Thermoelectric‐Integrated Strategies for Design Optimization and Climate‐Resilient Building Applications

Summary

PRISMA-guided synthesis of 30 recent experimental and simulation studies on solar chimneys for building cooling, covering passive pairings (ground-coupled air ducts, latent heat storage, sky radiative cooling) and active add-ons such as evaporative cooling, windcatchers and desiccant dehumidification. Passive set-ups cost less and cut cooling energy by roughly 40–75%, active ones give steadier results, hybrids appear most practical, and hot, dry climates suit the approach best.

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