Assessment of Air well Performance in Single-storey Terraced Houses

• Main Authors: Mohd Suffian Misaran Misran, Heng, Jin Tham, Chi, Christopher Ming Chu, Djamila Harimi
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: UniSE Press 2021
• Subjects: TA1-2040 Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General); TA174 Engineering design
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32032/1/Assessment%20of%20Air%20well%20Performance%20in%20Single-storey%20Terraced%20Houses.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32032/2/Assessment%20of%20Air%20well%20Performance%20in%20Single-storey%20Terraced%20Houses1.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/32032/; http://tost.unise.org/pdfs/vol8/no3-2/ToST-CoFA2020-225-238-OA.pdf

Single-storey terraced housing in Malaysia does not provide thermal comfort to its occupants due to poor dissipation of heat from solar irradiation unless mechanical cooling is installed, which adds to the urban heating island problem. This study is a simple assessment of natural ventilation perform...