Secondary school classrooms daylighting evaluation in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Natural daylight is a renewable energy source that is important in photobiology study which looks into the effect of light to living organism. Students’ visual comfort satisfaction due to efficient daylight in a classroom are highlighted in the physical of the building and learning space such as...
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| Format: | Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
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2018
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| Online Access: | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35932/1/daylight1.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/35932/ https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/401/1/012024 |
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| Institution: | Universiti Malaysia Sarawak |
| Language: | English |
| Summary: | Natural daylight is a renewable energy source that is important in photobiology
study which looks into the effect of light to living organism. Students’ visual comfort
satisfaction due to efficient daylight in a classroom are highlighted in the physical of the
building and learning space such as windows and openings. One of the factor that influences
the design of classrooms environmental condition. Environmental condition consideration
includes the daylighting requirement for classrooms. Various standards and guidelines on
daylighting consideration have been developed in Malaysia including the recommendation on
Window-to-Floor Ratio (WFR) and illuminance level. However, the recommended WFR may
not achieve the recommended illuminance level. This paper evaluates whether the
recommended WFR design achieve the recommended acceptable illuminance level. Two
classrooms in Kolej Permata Insan, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan with different orientation were
selected for the study. Integrated Environmental Solution (IESVE) simulation software is used
for daylight evaluation. The WFR of the two selected classrooms were set to the recommended
20%. Simulation results shows that the illuminance level for both classrooms are higher than
recommended. The simulation also shows that the daylight distribution in the classrooms are
not uniform, thus creating inefficient daylight condition. Therefore, the WFR recommends
further studies with additional of daylighting design strategy considerations. |
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