The Importance of Roof Thermal Insulation: Awareness among Professionals and Terrace House Occupants

DOI

10.2991/senvar-18.2019.3How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Roof Thermal Insulation, Terrace Houses, Malaysia, Awarness, Thermal Control

Abstract

Terrace houses are the typical housing typology in Malaysia. Thus, study on thermal comfort is always associated with terrace houses. Installing roof thermal insulation is important in energy saving, however, due to the availability of air conditioning it has not been a regular practice. To reduce air conditioning usage, thermal insulation must be installed under the roof. The study aims to determine the awareness level among professionals and terrace housing occupants on the importance of installing roof thermal insulation in terrace houses in Malaysia. Studies were made on government’s initiative towards roof thermal insulation, current practice by developers and architects, and terrace housing occupants’ knowledge on roof thermal insulation. The study was supported by review and analysis of previous research, government’s official publications, magazines, books and websites. The study found that professionals are aware on the importance of the roof thermal insulation for comfort and energy saving while occupants are very much less aware of its important.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Farhana Mohd Razif
AU  - Mohd Hamdan Ahmad
AU  - Leng Pau Chung
PY  - 2019/02
DA  - 2019/02
TI  - The Importance of Roof Thermal Insulation: Awareness among Professionals and Terrace House Occupants
BT  - Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Sustainable Environment and Architecture (SENVAR 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 16
EP  - 20
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/senvar-18.2019.3
DO  - 10.2991/senvar-18.2019.3
ID  - MohdRazif2019/02
ER  -