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HONOURS (BPFM)
SEPTEMBER 2020
EBEG 4103
ENERGY MANAGEMENT
1.3 Rainfall
The historical rainfall data shows high variability which is consistent with the findings of other
studies (Malaysian Meteorological Department, 2009; Sammathuria and Ling, 2009; Loh et al.,
2016). Fig. 1.3A shows the average monthly rainfall of Kota Kinabalu was generally below 500
mm except between 2009 and mid-2010 where the monthly rainfall peaked in the mid-2010.
Similar trend wa also observed in Kuching (Fig. 1.3B) with high rainfall recorded between 2009
and mid-2010. However, the rainfall peaked at the end of 2009 and early 2010.
Figure 1.3A
Figure 1.3B
1.4 Sea Level
The mean sea levels in the Malaysian waters have been on the rise and this is clearly shown in Fig.
1.4A . Fig. 5C shows a sharp fall in the sea level at Lahad Datu, Sabah in 2015 but the overall trend
is a rising one. Overall, the total average sea level in Malaysia has been rising at 3.67 ± 0.15
mm/year based on the analysis of tidal data from 1984 to 2013 (Kamaruddin et al., 2016). This is
higher than projected global sea level rise of 1.7–3.1 mm/year due to local climate and
topographical conditions. Ercan et al. (2013) projected the sea level on the coast of the Peninsular
Malaysia and the coast of Sabah-Sarawak to rise by 0.517 m and 1.064 m respectively by 2100.
Figure 1.4 A, Sea level rise in Malaysia .
Source: https://geospatial.blogs.com/geospatial/2011/04/map-malaysia-water-management-is-a-top-
priority-in-sabah.html
Figure 1.4 B , Sea level rising chart for Lahad Datu. Source: WorldWeatherOnline, 2018
Figure 2.1 A , Illustration of the external environment of the Malay house. Source Yuan 1987
2.2 Building materials
Traditional passive house in hometown use lightweight construction of wood and other natural
materials. The lightweight construction of low thermal capacity holds little head and cools
adequately at night. The attap roof is an excellent thermal insulator. Glazed areas are seldom found
in this houses. In contradictory passive houses in cities uses brick tiles, concrete and other materials
of high thermal capacity.
2.3 Layout
Traditional passive houses in hometown are randomly arranged. This ensures the wind velocity in
the houses in the latter path of the wind will not be substantially reduced. Unlike in the cities , the
rigid pattern create barriers that block the passage of the wind.
3.0 Conclusion
Design for climate requires that homes be designed or modified to ensure that the occupants remain
thermally comfortable with minimal auxiliary heating or cooling in the climate where they are built.
Passive design — working with the climate, not against it — is an important component, as are
energy efficient heating and cooling systems, and smart behavior by the occupants. Approximately
40% of household energy is used for heating and cooling to achieve thermal comfort. This rate
could be cut to almost zero in new housing through sound climate responsive design and, indeed,
should be our aspirational goal. Taking into account current consumer preferences and industry
practices, halving the rate to 20% is a highly achievable in the short term. The 40% of household
energy used for heating and cooling to achieve thermal comfort could be cut to almost zero in new
housing through sound climate responsive design.
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press, UK
Sammathuria, M.K., Ling, L.K., 2009. “Regional Climate Observation And Simulation Of Extreme
Temperature and Precipitation Trends”, Paper Presented at the 14th International Rainwater
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June 2018
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Question 1b.
1.0 INTRODUCTION
Passive design refers as designing the building and the space within it to benefit from natural light,
ventilation and even temperatures. It responds to site conditions and local climate to maximize
building user s comfort and health enhance minimizing energy use. Means that, it cans achieves this
by using free, renewable sources of energy such as sun and wind to provide household heating
cooling. ventilation and lighting. thereby removing the need for mechanical heating or cooling.
Presently, 'sustainability' is a very important and essential concept whenever people discussed on
environmental issues. The words 'sustainability' has been widely recognized since the World
Commission on Environment and Development presented Our Common Future' in 1987 under
United Nations (Brown, 2005),In my opinion: the adoption of environmental concern in
commercial buildings in Malaysia is less common. This proposal will explore basic principles,
issues and design strategic option for passive design elements and refers to prominent example such
as Space U8. Bukit Jelutong, which have adopted passive design approach that relates to
environmental concern. Using passive design can reduce temperature, improve indoor air quality
and make more enjoyable to live in. It can also reduce energy use and environmental impacts such
as greenhouse gas emissions.
This research seek to determine the present latest technology and design tool that applied on
the highlighted local case study buildings and promotion of sustainable buildings through the green
building features.
2.0 Passive Building Design Features
2..1 Introduction
Passive design is the main element to sustainable building that also reduce energy efficiency using
that lead to operational cost saving. Passive design basically responds to local climate and site
condition to allow total building user's comfort and maintain health. Using passive design can
reduce heat temperature, improve indoor air quality incorporated more enjoyable to live in. Thus,
using passive design also can reduce energy use and environmental impacts such as global warm
and greenhouse gas emission. Nowadays, practicality grown of using passive design bring towards
comfortable and resource-efficient buildings.
2.2 Passive Building Design
Passive design refers as designing the building and the space within it to benefit from natural light.
ventilation and even temperatures. It responds to local climate and site conditions to maximize
building user's comfort and health while minimizing energy use. It achieves this by using free,
renewable sources of energy such as sun and wind to provide household heating, cooling,
ventilation and lighting, thereby removing the need for mechanical heating or cooling. Passive
design features are elements that attached to the building such as building location and orientation
on the site, building layout, window design, insulation, thermal mass, sun shading device, double
skin envelop and large overhang. Each element collaborate each other to achieve comfortable
temperatures and good indoor air quality. Design using passive design features need to consider on
to achieve right amount of solar access, insulation, ventilation, building location and orientation.
2.3 Key Features
Key features elements for passive design are building layout building location and orientation on
the site. shading devices. building envelop. ventilation and insulation. These elements are incentives
for having a green building. Considering achieving right amount of solar access so that to provide
enough lighting in a building but prevent to gain too much heat to maintain comfort temperature.
This can be achieving by using passive design through combination of location and orientation.
room layout, window and shading device. Insulation and thermal mass function as to help maintain
even temperatures, while ventilation provides passive cooling as well as improving indoor air
quality.
Consider for example, large windows that admit high levels of natural light might result in too
much heat gain, especially if it cast light on an area of thermal mass. Thus, opening windows might
also provide ventilation that let in noise. Considering all passive design features, designer also
should consider on views. local authority restriction and building owner preferences.
2.4 Overview Passive Design Features
a) Location, Orientation and Layout
The location automatically response due to have a good sustainable design. Its response to the
natural climate and topography condition on the site. Building orientation affects heating energy
requirements in distinct climatic factors. Solar radiation and its heating effect on wall and the room
which facing the sun directions. Therefore, good ventilation enhance between the directions of
prevailing winds and orientation of building.
A good layout planning supposed to response the location of site and suitable building orientation
position to maximize respond to the natural climate.
b) Natural Ventilation
Natural ventilation basically is paving a way of reducing cooling load in building where hot air load
in the building were bring out with the air ventilation. Natural ventilation caused by pressure
difference inside and outside of a building envelops, as a result of wind velocity and stack effects.
c) Day Lighting
Day lighting also one of key element on passive design feature. It is very important and reacts as
main role for people inside building that effect psychologically and physically. The natural light can
be capitalized by the use of window, light shade and others. Basically, what the interior need is
ambient daylight without the radiant heat and glare that called diffuse daylight. The design should
avoid direct sunlight penetration into the building instead avoid the longer facade in the direction of
east to west. Designers should try to create better uniformed daylight distribution into a space.
When daylight enters a room through the windows, the illumination near the window will be high
and it reduces quickly as it gets further into depth room. By having high level windows or
clerestory window. where the lower window is for vision and the higher level window is purely
daylight can improve the daylight penetration.
3.0 Passive design building in Kuala Lumpur
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gure 3.1.3 Natural Day light of Menara TM Source : https://www.klcc-
officespace.my/property/telekom-tower-jalan-pantai-bahru-kl/
3.2 Platinum Sentral Kuala Lumpur
Platinum Sentral is a state-of-the-art campus-style office, offering seamless connectivity, a creative
working environment and contemporary business lifestyle. Platinum Sentral is Kuala Lumpur
Sentral CBD’s first Green Office Campus. It comprises of 5 blocks of low-rise campus style offices
with high-end retail shops, hospitality zone & green space with a GFA of approximately 980,000
square feet. With its estimated GDV of over RM700 million, this premise has provided ample car
parks equipped with digital guidance system. The retail space planned across 86,251 square feet.
Caters to the needs of the working population in Platinum Sentral as well as the surrounding office
areas. The dynamic, state-of-the-art architecture planned across 380,835 square feet, complements
the contemporary business lifestyles.
Figure 3.2.2 Main Atrium of Platinum Sentral .Source: https://www.mrcbquillreit.com/platinum-
sentral/
The Platinum Sentral is one of Kuala Lumpur’s, or rather Malaysia’s greenest buildings and it did
not earn its name by chance. The design team from Platinum Sentral designed the building with one
main goal in mind, which is to build a building that has a relatively high energy efficiency and
meeting all the high standards of ETTV. To do so, many engrossing material selections were used
and groundbreaking ideas were developed.
Platinum Sentral is mainly built up of steels and high performance Insulating Glass Unit (IGU) and
Single Glass Unit (SGU) glazing as the facade of the building. As for the roof, the building’s roof is
specially formulated with PVDF thermal-control coating system which is considered a fairly
innovative engineering feat.
Figure 3.2.3 : Window Construction illustration for Platinum Sentral.
The internal public atrium of the Platinum Sentral is entirely naturally ventilated, bringing office
workers and public together with a sense of containment and discovery. The six floor high atrium
with a fairly wide walkway allows a temperature gradient to develop, which then stimulates stack
ventilation. As the warm air given off by the occupants, which is less dense rises in the building, the
cooler air flows to the lower ground, providing the users sense of thermal comfort. With stack
ventilation, the building does not rely on the wind as it will naturally occurs with relatively stable
air flow supplemented by low velocity large scale fans. Besides, wall sheltering method is applied
where shrubbery or vines are used to create shades and promote natural ventilation.
Figure 3.2.2: Buidling Facade, view from roof garden
4.0 Conclusion
In order for development commercial building in Malaysia towards sustainability, the following
develop practical passive design principle as guide for future development of sustainability
commercial buildings. It is based on theoretical and data analyses from the research finding have
been proposed:
(i) Location. layout and orientation must be considered from the beginning of the design process
despite consideration include access to view, cooling breezes, and understanding on sun paths.
(ii)Ideal site — Be able to accommodate building with a relative large north-facing wall for
maximum solar gain. A site with north-south alignment is likely to receive midday sun and with
minimal overshadowing, but may have limited morning or evening sun. A site with east-west
alignment is more likely to be overshadowed to the north.
(iii)Day lighting - Avoids direct sunlight, use diffused light which requires careful
placement and sizing of windows. The higher the window head, the deeper the daylight will
penetrate into the interior.
(iv) Day Lighting - Designing so all spaces requiring day lighting which have access to an
external wall and arranging spaces so that natural lighting comes from two or more directions.
(v) Natural Ventilation - When designing this system. longer façade of the building should be
facing the prevailing wind direction, with doors and opening windows providing the ventilation
openings.
(vi) Natural Ventilation - Maximizing air flow by designing open plan spaces and using
architectural and landscape features to direct and control air flow.
(vii) Natural Ventilation - Maintaining vertical distance between two openings to create a stack
effect and having opening at different level.
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Question 2.
2a1) Total Cash Flow
Initial Investment = Rm 70 000
Maintenance cost per year = Rm 3500
Cost Saving Per Year = Rm 0.30 X 45’000kWh
= Rm 13 500
Cash Flow Year 0 = Rm 70000
Cash Flow Year 1- Year 9 = Saving Per Year - Maintenance cost per year
= Rm 13500-rm 3500
= Rm 10000.
Cash Flow Year 10 = Rm 10000 + RM 5000 ( Salvage Value)
= Rm 15000.
Cash Flow Tabular Form as per below.
= Rm 70000
Rm 10000
= 7 years.
2a3)Net Present Value (NPV)
Where, A= Annual Income ,d= discount rate , n = number of years ,F= Future Value .
0.3439
=10000[ ¿ + 5000(0.7440)
0.0403
=10000[8.5302] + 3720
= RM 8530 + Rm 3720
NPV= RM 12 250.00
Question 2b1
Question 2b2
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Question 2b3
CUSUM Chart ( Oct 12-Aug 13) plotted below for interpretation purpose.
CUSUM CHART OCT 12 - AUG 13
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Aug-12 Oct-12 Moving
Dec-12 Jan-13
average trend line with Mar-13 May-13
period = %PERIOD Jun-13 Aug-13 Oct-13
R² = NaN
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As per in the CUSUM Chart, it is clearly seen that initial energy performance back in Oct 12 was
poor. However, its improved after Dec 2012. Further drastic improvement came after May
2013.The energy performance model of energy consumption of this food processing plant is in
excellent trend starting June 2013, either the food processing production was reduced or energy
saver system were implemented during this period.