Indoor thermal condition of passive cooling system at student’s dormitory of Universitas Hasanuddin FoE campus

A dormitory is a simple building that is intended as a residence for students. Universitas Hasanuddin, Faculty of Engineering (FoE), has a student dormitory very close to the FoE campus. The purpose of this study was to determine the indoor thermal conditions of the rooms in the dormitory. Furthermore, how the environment affects thermal comfort in the building. The research method is a quantitative method based on descriptive statistics on measurement results in the selected space and the data simulation using the Ecotect software. The results of the study concluded that the dormitory had not met the standard of thermal comfort in Indonesia, the average temperature was above 30°C. The simulation results of improvements concluded that the change in ceiling height could significantly reduce the temperature.