Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid

This paper presents mould prevention strategies that should be applied in the library buildings. Library constructed in tropical climatic conditions must be moisture controlled from fungi or mould growth on any potential material. In order to identify the magnitude and the causes for mould growth,...

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Main Authors: Suriani, Ngah Abdul Wahab, Md Yusof, Hamid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2018
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29574/
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description This paper presents mould prevention strategies that should be applied in the library buildings. Library constructed in tropical climatic conditions must be moisture controlled from fungi or mould growth on any potential material. In order to identify the magnitude and the causes for mould growth, comprehensive research was carried out within three libraries in Malaysia universities. Aspergillus, Penicillium, Stachybotrys's and fungal had been identified as a common mould growth found. Thus, the growth of mould on the building elements such as walls and floors carpets, books, air conditioning parts of the surrounding library areas will be inevitable unless prevention strategies applied. Four strategies have been identified as possible mould prevention strategies in the library building
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spelling uitm-295742020-04-17T05:00:03Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29574/ Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid myse Suriani, Ngah Abdul Wahab Md Yusof, Hamid Environmental engineering of buildings. Sanitary engineering of buildings Library buildings. Library architecture This paper presents mould prevention strategies that should be applied in the library buildings. Library constructed in tropical climatic conditions must be moisture controlled from fungi or mould growth on any potential material. In order to identify the magnitude and the causes for mould growth, comprehensive research was carried out within three libraries in Malaysia universities. Aspergillus, Penicillium, Stachybotrys's and fungal had been identified as a common mould growth found. Thus, the growth of mould on the building elements such as walls and floors carpets, books, air conditioning parts of the surrounding library areas will be inevitable unless prevention strategies applied. Four strategies have been identified as possible mould prevention strategies in the library building Universiti Teknologi MARA, Perak 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29574/1/29574.pdf Suriani, Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof, Hamid (2018) Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid. (2018) Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (MySE) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Malaysian_Journal_of_Sustainable_Environment_=28MySE=29.html>, 4 (1). pp. 183-196. ISSN 0128-326X http://www.myse.my/
spellingShingle Environmental engineering of buildings. Sanitary engineering of buildings
Library buildings. Library architecture
Suriani, Ngah Abdul Wahab
Md Yusof, Hamid
Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid
title Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid
title_full Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid
title_fullStr Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid
title_full_unstemmed Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid
title_short Mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / Suriani Ngah Abdul Wahab and Md Yusof Hamid
title_sort mould prevention strategies for library buildings in tropical climate / suriani ngah abdul wahab and md yusof hamid
topic Environmental engineering of buildings. Sanitary engineering of buildings
Library buildings. Library architecture
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29574/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/29574/