Thermal comfort in low cost housing at Bandar Baru Samariang, Sarawak
Malaysian Government takes an initiative to provide low-cost housing areas to accommodate the rapid growth population in the urban area for the low-income people. Due to the high demand of the low-cost house, the developers start taking advantages. The architecture design of the low-cost houses w...
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| Format: | Final Year Project Report / IMRAD |
| Language: | English English |
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, (UNIMAS)
2009
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6547/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6547/1/THERMAL%20COMFORT%20IN%20LOW%20COST%20HOUSING%20AT%2824%20pgs%29.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/6547/8/THERMAL%20COMFORT%20IN%20LOW%20COST%20HOUSING%20AT%28OCR%29.pdf |
| Summary: | Malaysian Government takes an initiative to provide low-cost housing areas to
accommodate the rapid growth population in the urban area for the low-income
people. Due to the high demand of the low-cost house, the developers start
taking advantages. The architecture design of the low-cost houses was lack of
consideration of indoor climate and environment of the house which resulting the
discomfort environment inside the house. Therefore the occupant of the house take
action by renovated their house to adapt with the condition to fulfill their needed
thermal comfort. For this study, three low-cost houses were selected with
different building orientation at Bandar Baru Samariang. Several experimental
works were conducted to study thermal comfort inside the house. Then data
were analyzed using Predict Mean Vote (PMV) and Predicted Percentage of
Dissatisfied (PPD). From the data analysis, it indicated that the renovated
houses did not achieve thermal comfort required. To ensure the suitable design
of the house several suggestions has been stated such as build asbestos ceiling,
using casement window and build overhang roof to shade the wall that exposed
to sun radiation. |
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