The Correlation between Floor Area and Design of Opening for Refurbishment Projects in Affecting Building Energy Consumption

Abstract

Construction industry is well known as the major source of environmental issues while public awareness has raised upon time due to significant impacts due environmental problems. Project refurbishment has raised as one of the solutions to reduce the environmental problems as it reuses and recycles existing building by carry out adequate renovation and refurbishment to make the old or abandoned building reusable again. However, there are consent on the factors such as the impacts of additional floor area and design of opening onto overall energy consumption in refurbished buildings.A qualitative method has been employed in this study where a total of 5 respondents who are working in Pulau Pinang refurbishment projects.From the results, design of opening is agreed as the main contributor to total energy consumption in refurbished building while factor of additional floor area merelygain agreement from respondents. This study has the novelty in the context of refurbishment project in Pulau Pinang asit can be a useful guideline to the designers or practitioners who are designing refurbishment projects for historical city such as Georgetown and Malacca.