Simulation of roof retrofitting strategies to mitigate attic overheating issues of the terrace house under hot and humid climate.

The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential mitigation strategies to overcome the overheating issue at the attic of the landed residential house located in a hot and humid climate area. An existing terrace house with 178 m2 was selected for this research. A building simulation model wa...

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Main Authors: Yi, Chong Jia, Zaki, Sheikh Ahmad, Tuck, Ng Wai, Rijal, Homs Bahadur
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2023
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/107795/1/ChongJiaYi2023_SimulationofRoofRetrofittingStrategiestoMitigateAttic.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/107795/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1051/e3sconf/202339601068
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Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Language: English
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Summary:The purpose of this study is to investigate the potential mitigation strategies to overcome the overheating issue at the attic of the landed residential house located in a hot and humid climate area. An existing terrace house with 178 m2 was selected for this research. A building simulation model was created and calibrated by using the previous site measurement data collected by Ng et.al. in the year 2018. The calibrated model was subsequently used to evaluate various retrofitting methods and strategies, including roof insulation, and passive radiative cooling methods. The study shows that high albedo cool roof paint is the most effective roof retrofitting strategy compared to other approaches.