Case Study: Identifying innovative passive design strategies
The only project in our Building Science 1 module is a complicated one. This project requires us to conduct a case study on certified green buildings in Malaysia and Singapore in a group of 6 students. The green buildings chosen must feature a passive design strategy for tropical climate. Before choosing the buildings, we must first have a thorough research on the passive design strategies, the principles and details needed for these passive design strategies to perform best in tropical climate and to achieve thermal comfort in this
building/space. We have visited the buildings several times and conducted various interviews with people in charge to have a thorough understanding on the buildings. The case study report should contain the followings:
a. Building Introduction (images, pictures, diagrams, drawings and description)
b. Thermal Analysis; basically means using a manual calculation or computer program to
mathematically model the interplay of thermal processes within a building
c. Wind Analysis; Airflow and air quality is an important aspect of human comfort. Moving air
helps people feel cooler, and natural ventilation is a key strategy for passive cooling.
d. Sun Analysis; analyzing the impact of the sun on a site, as well as the building’s location, the
spatial arrangement, orientation, window placement, daylight access and other design features, the
designer can take full advantage of passive solar design features and increase the energy
efficiency and comfort of the building.
e. Concept and analysis of building’s passive design strategies. Highlight the 2 passive design
features used in each building and elaborate the effect and importance of it.
The buildings that we have chosen are Point 92 which is located in Kuala Lumpur and the National Library of Singapore. These are highly certified green buildings of at least gold certification. They have incorporated numerous passive design and green features and have put them into use. In addition, we have also done our own analytic diagrams to clearly explain how the features work.
Point 92 report:
National Library of Singapore report:
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