Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus

The development of atrium buildings in Malaysia is growing in number. This design trend are recognised as one of the most popular and environmentally stimulating spaces of today's architecture, at once shutting out the often harsh natural environment and yet benefiting from its natural light. I...

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Main Authors: Sh Ahmad, Sabarinah, Zain-Ahmed, Azni, Yunus, Julitta
Format: Research Reports
Language:English
Published: Research Management Institute (RMI) 2011
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spelling uitm-251262019-08-06T03:37:41Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25126/ Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus Sh Ahmad, Sabarinah Zain-Ahmed, Azni Yunus, Julitta NA Architecture Daylighting. Illumination of buildings Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying The development of atrium buildings in Malaysia is growing in number. This design trend are recognised as one of the most popular and environmentally stimulating spaces of today's architecture, at once shutting out the often harsh natural environment and yet benefiting from its natural light. Incorporated into many forms of buildings, an atrium can be used to stimulate the outdoors and to admit natural light and solar heat into the indoor space. The passive solar features incorporated in atrium is utilising the usage of daylight contribution that can save energy. The daylighting aspects of the atrium need a careful design to accomplish visually attractive as well as energy-efficient building criteria. However, instead of creating the potential for both increased energy savings and an improved indoor environment, if the atrium is only artificially lit or heated it may waste more energy than it saves. An atrium's characteristic is the roof: a careful design of the roof fenestration systems limits glare, mitigates passive solar heating effects and supplies adequate daylighting and minimizes sunlight. Therefore, atrium roof form and structure are important architectural design elements, where it can influence daylight availability within the space and, therefore, lighting energy consumption. A common feature of most studies were that the atrium roof was left as an open, unobstructed void, which is obviously very different from the conditions existing in real atria [8]. Therefore, this is an area not studied before. Their studies were strongly recommending further analysis on several variations of roof structures and roof glazing and their impact on the distribution of daylight. Research Management Institute (RMI) 2011 Research Reports NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25126/1/LP_SABARINAH%20SH%20AHMAD%20RMI%2011_5.pdf Sh Ahmad, Sabarinah and Zain-Ahmed, Azni and Yunus, Julitta (2011) Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus. [Research Reports] (Unpublished)
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topic NA Architecture
Daylighting. Illumination of buildings
Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
spellingShingle NA Architecture
Daylighting. Illumination of buildings
Aesthetics of cities. City planning and beautifying
Sh Ahmad, Sabarinah
Zain-Ahmed, Azni
Yunus, Julitta
Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus
description The development of atrium buildings in Malaysia is growing in number. This design trend are recognised as one of the most popular and environmentally stimulating spaces of today's architecture, at once shutting out the often harsh natural environment and yet benefiting from its natural light. Incorporated into many forms of buildings, an atrium can be used to stimulate the outdoors and to admit natural light and solar heat into the indoor space. The passive solar features incorporated in atrium is utilising the usage of daylight contribution that can save energy. The daylighting aspects of the atrium need a careful design to accomplish visually attractive as well as energy-efficient building criteria. However, instead of creating the potential for both increased energy savings and an improved indoor environment, if the atrium is only artificially lit or heated it may waste more energy than it saves. An atrium's characteristic is the roof: a careful design of the roof fenestration systems limits glare, mitigates passive solar heating effects and supplies adequate daylighting and minimizes sunlight. Therefore, atrium roof form and structure are important architectural design elements, where it can influence daylight availability within the space and, therefore, lighting energy consumption. A common feature of most studies were that the atrium roof was left as an open, unobstructed void, which is obviously very different from the conditions existing in real atria [8]. Therefore, this is an area not studied before. Their studies were strongly recommending further analysis on several variations of roof structures and roof glazing and their impact on the distribution of daylight.
format Research Reports
author Sh Ahmad, Sabarinah
Zain-Ahmed, Azni
Yunus, Julitta
author_facet Sh Ahmad, Sabarinah
Zain-Ahmed, Azni
Yunus, Julitta
author_sort Sh Ahmad, Sabarinah
title Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus
title_short Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus
title_full Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus
title_fullStr Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus
title_full_unstemmed Study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in Malaysia / Sabarinah Sh Ahmad, Azni Zain-Ahmed and Julitta Yunus
title_sort study of daylighting and building performance of atria buildings in malaysia / sabarinah sh ahmad, azni zain-ahmed and julitta yunus
publisher Research Management Institute (RMI)
publishDate 2011
url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25126/
http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/25126/1/LP_SABARINAH%20SH%20AHMAD%20RMI%2011_5.pdf
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