Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate

This study clarifies the optimum thickness of insulation materials for buildings by using the life cycle cost analysis. Common external walls including Clay Brick, Sand Cement Brick and Concrete in Malaysian climate were studied. Various types of buildings including office, residential and hotel wer...

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Main Authors:	F., Basrawi, Hassan, Ibrahim, Mohd Yusof, Taib, Lee, Giok Chui
Format:	Article
Language:	English English
Published:	Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2013
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling	ump-38822018-01-31T06:22:54Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3882/ Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate F., Basrawi Hassan, Ibrahim Mohd Yusof, Taib Lee, Giok Chui TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This study clarifies the optimum thickness of insulation materials for buildings by using the life cycle cost analysis. Common external walls including Clay Brick, Sand Cement Brick and Concrete in Malaysian climate were studied. Various types of buildings including office, residential and hotel were considered. Optimum thickness of insulation materials including Rockwool, Fiberglass and Extruded Polystyrene were clarified. It was found that appropriate insulation thickness in Malaysia is in a range of 18-126 mm. Operating hour and inside-outside temperature difference have significant effect on the life cycle Net Saving. However, different external wall type has slight effect on the life cycle Net Saving. A general index, Cost/k for selecting the most cost effective insulation material was also introduced. Universiti Malaysia Pahang 2013 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3882/1/fkm-2013-Firdaus-optimum_thickness_of.pdf application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3882/2/11_Basrawi_er_al..pdf F., Basrawi and Hassan, Ibrahim and Mohd Yusof, Taib and Lee, Giok Chui (2013) Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate. International Journal of Automotive and Mechanical Engineering (IJAME), 8. pp. 1207-1217. ISSN 1985-9325(Print); 2180-1606 (Online) http://ijame.ump.edu.my/images/Volume_8/11_Basrawi%20er%20al..pdf
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spellingShingle	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery F., Basrawi Hassan, Ibrahim Mohd Yusof, Taib Lee, Giok Chui Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate
description	This study clarifies the optimum thickness of insulation materials for buildings by using the life cycle cost analysis. Common external walls including Clay Brick, Sand Cement Brick and Concrete in Malaysian climate were studied. Various types of buildings including office, residential and hotel were considered. Optimum thickness of insulation materials including Rockwool, Fiberglass and Extruded Polystyrene were clarified. It was found that appropriate insulation thickness in Malaysia is in a range of 18-126 mm. Operating hour and inside-outside temperature difference have significant effect on the life cycle Net Saving. However, different external wall type has slight effect on the life cycle Net Saving. A general index, Cost/k for selecting the most cost effective insulation material was also introduced.
format	Article
author	F., Basrawi Hassan, Ibrahim Mohd Yusof, Taib Lee, Giok Chui
author_facet	F., Basrawi Hassan, Ibrahim Mohd Yusof, Taib Lee, Giok Chui
author_sort	F., Basrawi
title	Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate
title_short	Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate
title_full	Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate
title_fullStr	Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate
title_full_unstemmed	Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate
title_sort	optimum thickness of wall insulations and their thermal performance for buildings in malaysian climate
publisher	Universiti Malaysia Pahang
publishDate	2013
url	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3882/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3882/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3882/1/fkm-2013-Firdaus-optimum_thickness_of.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3882/2/11_Basrawi_er_al..pdf
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Optimum Thickness of Wall Insulations and Their Thermal Performance for Buildings in Malaysian Climate

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