AAR 635 TOPICAL STUDY

Prepared by,
• Nurul Afifah binti Othman 2014639356 Evaluated by,
• Dr. Suzana binti Hj. Said
Supervisor, • En. Sayed Muhammad Aiman bin Sayed Abdu
• Ar. Jamaludin bin Hj. Muhamad Khair
 THERMAL COMFORT
HIGH-RISE BUILDING Condition of Satisfaction
mind
Seven stories Environment
More than 50 or higher Heat gain
meters high Different for
every individual
Multi-story
Elevators/
structure
escalators

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

Shelter
Family / Single

Designed for House / Homes

Dwelling
The design of high-rise residential building in tropical climate of Malaysia is an issue
regarding thermal comfort because it is challenging to achieve comfort environment as
it has to fulfil few aspects of design.

A building in tropics means a

The design and construction of a building confrontation of construction and function
that fits in all aspects the thermal comfort Design of with intense climatic condition. A
standard requirements is an art. But if we high-rise Climate successful indoor environment much
depends on an understanding of the
need this ideal building to provide all building environmental factors, including building
expected benefits related to the specific design and setting.
inside activities, we need more than the
building design art. (Thermal Comfort of Residential Building
By Law in Malaysia at Different Micro-Climates
(Thermal comfort in buildings - 2015)
Designing Buildings Wiki, 2016) Regulation
(Authority)

In European countries ISO 773029 is the current standard for evaluating thermal comfort, together with
EN 1525175, which covers thermal comfort as well as other indoor environmental parameters. CR
175297 is a technical report on ventilation that deals with the quality of the indoor climate too.

(Thermal comfort: research and practice, 2010)

RESEARCH AIM
• To investigate the building design that affecting thermal
comfort in high-rise residential building.
Thermal comfort is one of the important factor in high-rise residential building especially
in urban area of Kuala Lumpur to achieve comfortable environment for the occupants.

 To identify the building design of high-rise residential building.

 To explore the thermal comfort rate of indoor environment of the building.
 To investigate the impact of building design towards thermal comfort.
 Identification of issues & problems of study
Stage 1
M Research Definition
& Design
(Formulating Aim & Research Objectives)

E Initial Literature Review Identifying local

issues

T Implementation of exploration

H Stage 2
Exploratory Stage Focused Interview Observation
O with experts:
• Architects
• Identify specific
building

D • Authority • Observe the site

environment

O Stage 3 Data Collection

Case Study: PPR
L Beringin, Jinjang Utara,
• Data analysis
Kuala Lumpur
O • Results & interpretation

G Analyze
Y Stage 4
Validation &
Conclusion • Validate through conclusion
• Recommendation
 METHODOLOGY

SECONDARY
PRIMARY DATA
DATA

Literature
Focused Interview Observation
Review
• Refer to books, • Architects • Observe the high-
journals, articles • Developers rise building &
& research papers • Authority physical environment
around it.

Case Study
PPR Beringin, Jinjang Utara, Kepong, Kuala Lumpur
(17 floors)

Data Findings & Analysis

• Data collection of wind
velocity, temperature &
humidity.
• Interview the residents.
 Items Year Author Research Title Description Region

1 2016 Xiangyu Zheng, Thermal Comfort in a The field study of a high-rise residential Netherland
Stanley Kurvers, Natural Ventilated High- building in Delft, showed that height and
Peter J.W. van den rise Residential Building orientation of the building are important
Engel parameters for thermal comfort of the
residents.
2 2012 Julia Raish, Julie M. Thermal Comfort: As a result of these changes, one important Texas
Ferguson Designing for People lesson emerged: we should design to
control humidity and not just
temperature. Peak dehumidification load is
different from the peak temperature load,
but it is not often accounted for in
mechanical design.
3 2015 Nazhatulzalkis, Thermal Comfort of It is also important that awareness and Malaysia
Nurul Izma, Mohd Residential Building in preparedness of developers, the public
Faris, Suriani Malaysia at Different and researchers in order to promoting the
Ngah Micro-Climates implementation of the strategies on a large
scale and at the same time develop new
strategies that can make greater positive
impact in Malaysia residential building
design at varying micro-climates.
Name of Perumahan PPR Beringin
project
Location Jinjang Utara, Kepong, Kuala
Lumpur
Developer Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur
(DBKL)
Type of High-rise
building
Use Residential
Number of 17 floors (including ground floor)
floors

Typical Floor Plan

Location Plan
 • Temperature • Humidity • Wind Velocity
BEDROO LIVING BEDROO BEDROO BEDROO LIVING KITCHE BEDROO BEDROOM BEDROO
LIVING M BEDROOM BEDROOM ROOM KITCHEN M1 M2 M3 ROOM N M1 2 M3
ROOM KITCHEN 1 2 3 8.00 am 77.8 78.0 76.5 75.0 75.8 8.00 am 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8.00 am 29.8 29.7 29.6 29.9 29.9 10.00 am 74.3 74.8 74.7 74.0 73.8 10.00 am 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10.00 am 29.7 30.0 29.8 29.9 30.2 12.00 pm 66.2 65.8 65.9 65.9 67.0 12.00 pm 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12.00 pm 31.4 31.0 30.7 30.5 30.8 2.00 pm 61.1 65.5 65.7 61.9 60.5 2.00 pm 0.4 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.0
2.00 pm 30.3 30.1 29.3 30.6 30.6 4.00 pm 69.5 65.5 66.5 66.3 65.7 4.00 pm 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
4.00 pm 29.3 29.7 30.2 30.4 30.5 6.00 pm 70.3 71.0 71.1 73.9 72.2 6.00 pm 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6.00 pm 30.3 30.3 30.0 29.9 30.2 8.00 pm 77.0 76.4 77.5 76.3 77.3 8.00 pm 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
8.00 pm 29.0 29.1 28.8 29.2 29.4
10.00 pm 75.4 75.0 76.4 74.9 75.3 10.00 pm 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
10.00 pm 28.7 28.0 27.2 28.1 28.3

Temperature (º C) Humidity (%) Wind Velocity

180 450 0.9

Wind Velocity (m/s)

160 400 0.8

Humidity %)
140 350 0.7
Temperature (º C

120 BEDROOM 3 300 BEDROOM 3 0.6 BEDROOM 3

100 250 0.5
80 BEDROOM 2 200 BEDROOM 2 0.4 BEDROOM 2
60 150 0.3
40 BEDROOM 1 100 BEDROOM 1 0.2 BEDROOM 1
20 KITCHEN 50 KITCHEN 0.1 KITCHEN
0 0 0
LIVING ROOM LIVING ROOM LIVING ROOM
 Based on the data analysis, this high-rise residential building in Jinjang Utara,
Kepong is failing to achieve satisfied thermal comfort regarding poor design
building strategies and does not qualified to be an example for any other design
strategies.
 Strategies in designing a high-rise residential building need to consider few
aspects of building design such as floor plan layout, site orientation and natural
ventilation features to ensure it fulfills thermal comfort environment.

RECOMMENDATION
• Architects & authority should put more attention to the building design itself in
considering a comfortable & quality environment for the residents.
• Passive design strategies should be done correctly in order to receive good natural
ventilation in the building to achieve thermal comfort.