Daylighting and thermal performance study for climate responsive design: the C.E.O (showcase) building, Penang
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Date
2006
Authors
Mohd Annuar, Nurul Huda
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Abstract
Climate Responsive Design as a whole is an integral part of the environmental
framework that is being developed to reduce environment impacts and provide
comfort for human well-being. The research aims to study the climate responsive
design at the office building especially on the application of day/ighting design and
thermal performance via the shading devices and building envelope's function for the
benefit of user's comfort in their internal environment.
The selected case study is the Showcase units of C. E. 0 Building which is
located at the roof top garden at Level 8 of Krystal Point Corporate Park, Penang. This
building introduces a new concept of 'SoHo' or Small Office Home Office which
combines the spaces for home and working under one roof, and therefore the thermal
comfort is very essential in its interior. Besides that, the building is also declared to be
a Low Energy Office (LEO); however this showcase building has some deficiencies in
deSign and construction to claim the building as a low energy office.
The methodologies of the research are by case study and fieldwork
measurement using environmental data equipment. The collected data are analyzed
via graphs and computer analysis using SUNTOOL program. Through results, it found
out that the fully-glazed wall which without any external shading devices that act as the
building envelope affects the daylighting and thermal performances in the interiors.
Therefore, the researcher finally comes out with design recommendations which are; i)
to reduce height of the glazing, ii) to use highly performance tinted-glass for the glazing
wall and iii) to add external shading devices, which hope to improve the daylighting and
thermal performances in the building, and thus the design is responsive to its climate.