The earth-to-air heat exchanger (EAHE) is a shallow geothermal energy utilization technology, which can significantly reduce the building energy consumption. When the solar chimney (SC) combines with EAHE and buildings, a new passive ventilation and cooling system is established, in which the fresh air is cooled and induced into the chamber. This paper aims to investigate the effect of the system on the indoor thermal environment in hot-summer and cold-winter regions and analyze the discrepancy of the building envelope with/without SC-EAHE. Experimental results showed that EAHE provides an air temperature reduction of 3.2℃ under summer conditions and an increase of 1.6℃ under winter conditions compared with that of reference chamber, and the air change rate are 2.2-10.1 air changes per hour (ACH) and 3.4-13.5 ACH, respectively. Compared with the temperature of ambient air, the air temperature of test room has a maximum decrease of 5.9℃ in summer and an increase of 15.5℃ in winter. The external wall of southern wall and roof gained the highest solar irradiation compared with other envelop surfaces. The average temperature of the interior southern wall reduce about 1.1℃ and the roof keep the same during summer. In winter, the average temperature of the interior southern wall and roof both increase 1.5℃ and 1.7℃ ,respectively.