Passive Cooling 3. Passive cooling in the Mediterranean Area 6. Passive retrofitting strategies for school buildings in the Mediterranean area 4. Zisa castle, an example of bioclimatic tradition Christian Ghiaus INSA-Lyon Despina Serghides (Cyprus University of Technology) Marco Sala (ABITA, Inter University Research, University of Florence) Rosa Carlino (University of Palermo) Antonio Tomaselli (University of Palermo) by Sabrina Buttitta ( ARPA Sicila)