Thermal Performance Comparison between Single and Double Storey Terrace Houses in Melaka, Malaysia

Fahanim Abdul Rashid; Asrul Mahjuddin Ressang Aminuddin; Norafida Ab. Ghaffar

doi:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.835.416

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Thermal Performance Comparison between Single and Double Storey Terrace Houses in Melaka, Malaysia

Abstract:

Over the past decade many studies were conducted to investigate the thermal performance of terraced houses in Malaysia. It was found that this housing typology failed to address the need for thermal comfort and alternatives to the narrow frontage with deep plan have been proposed with simulated good thermal performance. Although this is good progress for new generation of terraced houses, millions of units of terraced houses are still in use and new units with the outdated existing plans continued to get built due to consistently very high demand due to progressive urbanisation and rapid economic developments. Therefore, it is imperative that the thermal comfort issue for existing terraced houses is dealt with and through this paper a comparison between single and double storey terraced houses is made through analysis of indoor environmental monitoring (ambient temperature, relative humidity and air velocity) of two (2) selected case studies in Merlimau, Melaka. Contrary to popular belief, it is found that there is no statistical difference between both sets of indoor temperature and relative humidity between the case studies. This finding is indicative of the consistent and stable temporal temperature highs and lows in a 24 hour cycle despite the difference in indoor volume and distance between the ground floor and the roof cavity. Much of the reason is due to the materiality of the terraced houses construction and unsealed and uninsulated building envelope. Therefore, further research into improving the thermal performance of existing terraced houses of any typology have to be conducted to allow thermal comfort and to reduce reliance on high energy consuming air-conditioning.

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Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 835)

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Fahanim Abdul Rashid*, Asrul Mahjuddin Ressang Aminuddin, Norafida Ab. Ghaffar

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Malaysia, Terraced Houses, Thermal Performance

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