Field measurement and subjects' votes assessment on thermal comfort in high-rise hostels in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Dahlan, Nur Dalilah, Jones, Phil J., Alexander, Donald K., Salleh, Elias @ Ilias, Dixon, D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SAGE Publications 2008
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42334/1/Field%20measurement%20and%20subjects%27%20votes%20assessment%20on%20thermal%20comfort%20in%20high-rise%20hostels%20in%20Malaysia.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/42334/; http://ibe.sagepub.com/content/17/4/334.abstract

The need to design for low energy consumption dwellings has induced Malaysian architects to design naturally ventilated high-rise hostels (HH), near the capital, Kuala Lumpur. Objective and subjective measurements for thermal comfort investigations were conducted in two high-rise university hostels...