Open AccessTHERMAL COMFORT AND ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR A BETTER RESIDENTIAL ENVIRONMENT IN MALAYSIA
Author(s) -
Noor Aziah Mohd Ariffin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
planning malaysia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.232
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 1675-6215
pISSN - 0128-0945
DOI - 10.21837/pm.v13i5.138
Subject(s) - thermal comfort , architectural engineering , air conditioning , energy consumption , energy performance , energy (signal processing) , efficient energy use , environmental science , computer science , passive solar building design , thermal insulation , thermal , simulation , environmental economics , civil engineering , engineering , mechanical engineering , meteorology , geography , mathematics , electrical engineering , materials science , statistics , layer (electronics) , economics , composite material
In hot-humid Malaysia, there are around five million units of housing. Among these, the medium-density terraced are the most built. However, little emphasis was given to designing for thermal comfort and energy efficiency. Consequently, air-conditioning is ubiquitous with ever-rising residential energy consumption. This paper studied passive design systems to improve living conditions and conserve energy through orientation and insulation parameters for terraced housing. Utilizing a triangulation of methods to correlate between thermal comfort and energy performance, findings from the questionnaire survey, data monitoring and computer simulation contended that with the passive design strategies minimum thermal comfort is attainable and energy savings predicted.