Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region

This study is a preliminary attempt to collect information and analyse the microclimate of courtyards in the tropical region. The field experiment undertaken has contributed towards understanding the microclimate characteristics in the outdoor space. Courtyards in IIUM have been selected to represe...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita, Sapian, Abdul Razak, Denan, Zuraini
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2002
Subjects:	NA100 Architecture and the state
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29109/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29109/1/Building_Research_%281%29.pdf

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spelling	iium-291092013-09-02T07:05:47Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/29109/ Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak Denan, Zuraini NA100 Architecture and the state This study is a preliminary attempt to collect information and analyse the microclimate of courtyards in the tropical region. The field experiment undertaken has contributed towards understanding the microclimate characteristics in the outdoor space. Courtyards in IIUM have been selected to represent courtyards in hot humid climate due to extensive application of the courtyard concept in the campus development. The field experiments have indicated the conditions at shaded and non-shaded conditions of the outdoors. The findings from the analysis of the climatic parameters suggested that shaded conditions are most favorable. The data from air temperature, relative humidity and air velocity indicated that the shaded areas can ameliorate the microclimate conditions at the courtyards. It can be also be deduced that courtyards contributed to providing comfortable outdoors that consecutively contributed to sustainable environment. Courtyards can also be an approach adopted to reduce energy consumption by modifying the transitional space between outdoor and indoor. 2002 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/29109/1/Building_Research_%281%29.pdf Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita and Sapian, Abdul Razak and Denan, Zuraini (2002) Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region. In: Building Research and the Sustainability of the Built Environment in the Tropics, 14-16 October, Jakarta, Indonesia.
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spellingShingle	NA100 Architecture and the state Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak Denan, Zuraini Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region
description	This study is a preliminary attempt to collect information and analyse the microclimate of courtyards in the tropical region. The field experiment undertaken has contributed towards understanding the microclimate characteristics in the outdoor space. Courtyards in IIUM have been selected to represent courtyards in hot humid climate due to extensive application of the courtyard concept in the campus development. The field experiments have indicated the conditions at shaded and non-shaded conditions of the outdoors. The findings from the analysis of the climatic parameters suggested that shaded conditions are most favorable. The data from air temperature, relative humidity and air velocity indicated that the shaded areas can ameliorate the microclimate conditions at the courtyards. It can be also be deduced that courtyards contributed to providing comfortable outdoors that consecutively contributed to sustainable environment. Courtyards can also be an approach adopted to reduce energy consumption by modifying the transitional space between outdoor and indoor.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak Denan, Zuraini
author_facet	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita Sapian, Abdul Razak Denan, Zuraini
author_sort	Abdul Majid, Noor Hanita
title	Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region
title_short	Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region
title_full	Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region
title_fullStr	Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region
title_full_unstemmed	Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region
title_sort	towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region
publishDate	2002
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/29109/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/29109/1/Building_Research_%281%29.pdf
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Towards a sustainable environment: an analysis on courtyards microclimate in the tropical region

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