BUILDING SCIENCE 1

PROJECT 1
GROUP


TASK
Case Study: Identifying innovative passive design strategies


 Choose a building that best features a passive design strategy for tropical climate. We had to select one building in Kuala Lumpur and one building in Singapore.

The report was based on the following,

Have a thorough research on the passive design strategies, the principles and details needed for these passive design strategies to perform best in tropical climate and to achieve thermal comfort in this building/space.
Identify two (2) passive design strategies used for each building.
Identify an instrument /equipment or software/interview/survey to aid in proving that the passive design strategy is effective in this building.
Analyze the monitored temperatures, looking at the effects of solar radiation, thermal mass, insulation, and ventilation.

Explanation on how the thermal environment of your case study is affected from natural and man-made factors.

Paper format :
a. Building Introduction (images, pictures, diagrams, drawings and description)
b. Thermal Analysis; basically means using a manual calculation or computer program to mathematically model the interplay of thermal processes within a building
c. Wind Analysis; Airflow and air quality is an important aspect of human comfort. Moving air helps people feel cooler, and natural ventilation is a key strategy for passive cooling.
d. Sun Analysis; analyzing the impact of the sun on a site, as well as the building’s location, the spatial arrangement, orientation, window placement, daylight access and other design features, the designer can take full advantage of passive solar design features and increase the energy efficiency and comfort of the building.
e. Concept and analysis of building’s passive design strategies. Highlight the 2 passive design features used in each building and elaborate the effect and importance of it.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
The objectives of this project are:
 To identify and define the principles of heat transfer in relation to building and people
 To understand what is thermal comfort and discuss factors relating to thermal comfort
 To analyze the effect of thermal comfort factors in a person and in a space
 To be able to criticize design of the space in terms of thermal comfort by referring to MS1525 , UBBL, GBI and Green Mark standards.

REPORT LINKS

http://www.slideshare.net/yassyed31/building-science-1-ptm-geo-1
http://www.slideshare.net/yassyed31/building-science-1-ptm-geo-2
http://www.slideshare.net/yassyed31/building-science-1-project-1-ptm-geo

http://www.slideshare.net/yassyed31/building-science-1-solaris
http://www.slideshare.net/yassyed31/building-science-1-solaris-2


REFLECTIONS
Completing this assignment enabled me to realise the use of MS1525,GBI AND UUBL.It made me aware of the current climatic conditions of the world and the need to use less energy consumption.
I was able to identify environmental conditions related to site conditions, climate, etc.
and explain the effects of the sun on the thermal performance of buildings.
I learnt about the effect of insulation, thermal mass and air movement on thermal performance of buildings.

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