Impact of rooftop garden and shading effect towards human thermal comfort
Human thermal comfort is an indicator for satisfaction of human towards the thermal factor in the environment. This topic may be a subjective matter due to the different characteristics of human to reach a certain level for obtaining the same satisfaction of thermal comfort. Factors that are looke...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/60440/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/60440/1/Proceeding%20of%20UMRAN2015-A%20Vision%20Of%20Establishing%20Green%20Built%20Environment-65-78.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/60440/7/60440-Impact%20of%20rooftop%20garden%20and%20shading%20effect.pdf |
| Summary: | Human thermal comfort is an indicator for satisfaction of human towards the thermal factor in
the environment. This topic may be a subjective matter due to the different characteristics of human to
reach a certain level for obtaining the same satisfaction of thermal comfort. Factors that are looked into
through this study are surface temperature, and solar radiation. Data collected through these factors, are
then further supported by photographical observations, which are done simultaneously with
questionnaires to relate and display the environment condition with the human thermal comfort.
Questionnaires are distributed in order to gauge the statistics of several groups of people to compare
between their characteristics and their level of thermal comfort. Site chosen for rooftop garden was the
‘Secret Garden’ 1 Utama and to contrast it is the plain rooftop of Lot10 and the rooftop parking of
Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur. As for urban square, the research was conducted at Standard
Charted KL Park. Our results came up with a conclusion that areas that are covered with dense green
canopies like rooftop gardens and large vegetation are crucial to provide high level of thermal comfort
towards human beings. |
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