BUILDING
SCIENCE 1
2016
The module is an introduction to the factors that affect the thermal performance of buildings. It teaches us to create green, sustainable designs. The emphasis is on creating acceptable indoor thermal conditions thus minimizing the use of space heating and cooling. We also be introduced to MS1525 which provides guidelines to creating a more sustainable design in Malaysia. In the end of the module, we are able to learn about thermal mechanisms such as solar radiation, heat conduction, heat resistance and heat convection that determine indoor temperatures;, including how building elements respond to thermal mechanisms as well as various design strategies to reduce heat gain of interior spaces through control of variables.
Project 1-
Case Study: Proposing Passive Building Design Strategies
In a group of 5, the project aims to allow to first research on a local basic building that faced about some thermal issues. Then, we have to go for a site visit to collect the data, such as temperature within Klang area in different time period, exact position and how the building exposed to sun, humidity level, the materiality of the building, find out the largest thermal issue in the building; then mark down all the needed measurement. The site that we had chosen was L45 Community Library, in Bangsar. The building may fulfiled some passive cooling design but it also have some failure. Our selected space was the 3 mezzanine floors with a skylight, which mainly the public library area.
Due to the skylight, which transmits a high percentage of heat into the indoor area, therefore although there is an air-conditioner but we still feel hot in that area. In the end, we successfully come up with fews solutions to solve the issue, by calculating the u-value, k-value to further prove the workability of the solution.