Evaluation on sustainability and occupants' perceived health in Malaysian terraced houses

• Main Author: Lim, Yaik Wah
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor and Francis Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: NA Architecture
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59734/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2093761X.2014.883579
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Terraced houses account for 44% of the existing urban residential buildings in Malaysia. However, these houses have very constrained use of natural ventilation and lighting due to openings with small window-to-floor ratio. The deep plan design causes gloomy indoor spaces, low air change rate and poo...