Abstract
Natural daylight is a renewable energy source that is important in photobiology study which looks into the effect of light to living organism. Students’ visual comfort satisfaction due to efficient daylight in a classroom are highlighted in the physical of the building and learning space such as windows and openings. One of the factor that influences the design of classrooms environmental condition. Environmental condition consideration includes the daylighting requirement for classrooms. Various standards and guidelines on daylighting consideration have been developed in Malaysia including the recommendation on Window-to-Floor Ratio (WFR) and illuminance level. However, the recommended WFR may not achieve the recommended illuminance level. This paper evaluates whether the recommended WFR design achieve the recommended acceptable illuminance level. Two classrooms in Kolej Permata Insan, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan with different orientation were selected for the study. Integrated Environmental Solution (IESVE) simulation software is used for daylight evaluation. The WFR of the two selected classrooms were set to the recommended 20%. Simulation results shows that the illuminance level for both classrooms are higher than recommended. The simulation also shows that the daylight distribution in the classrooms are not uniform, thus creating inefficient daylight condition. Therefore, the WFR recommends further studies with additional of daylighting design strategy considerations.
Highlights
Learning spaces design has evolved throughout the years due to various reasons such as construction technology, educational systems, government’s policies, space requirement and environment condition
One of the factor that influences the design of classrooms environmental condition
Various standards and guidelines on daylighting consideration have been developed in Malaysia including the recommendation on Window-to-Floor Ratio (WFR) and illuminance level
Summary
Learning spaces design has evolved throughout the years due to various reasons such as construction technology, educational systems, government’s policies, space requirement and environment condition. Secondary school classrooms daylighting evaluation in Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia To cite this article: R N Syaheeza et al 2018 IOP Conf. This content was downloaded from IP address 113.210.57.240 on 29/08/2021 at 17:09 Series: Materials Science and Enginee1ri2n3g44506178(920‘1’8“)” 012024 doi:10.1088/1757-899X/401/1/012024
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