Jamaludin, Adi Ainurzaman and Zulkiflee Lubes, Zul Ilham and Wan Mohtar, Wan Abd Al Qadr Imad and Halim-Lim, Sarina Abdul and Hussein, Hazreena (2021) Comfortable liveable space: Shinning container and bamboo as sustainable building materials in equatorial climate perspective? International Journal of Built Environment and Sustainability, 8 (2). pp. 11-22. ISSN 1511-1369, DOI https://doi.org/10.11113/ijbes.v8.n2.728.
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The development of liveable space made from shipping containers becomes a trend even in Malaysia with the hot and humid climate persisting throughout the year. For sustaining the indoor comfort, building insulation is well adapted to increase thermal resistance and reduce the dependency on the mechanical cooling systems. The prospective of a shipping container as an efficient construction material and bamboo as a sustainable insulation material is well documented but basic information on the internal environment that has an impact on a person, particularly risk potential towards sick building syndrome (SBS) has been absent. Therefore, the measurements of both indoor and outdoor temperatures, relative humidity and CO2 concentration with two different conditions were done by using different sets of data loggers for at least 70 days under each condition. The first condition is a bare unit of the shipping container and followed by the installation of untreated bamboo as insulation for the second condition. This research reveals that high temperatures were recorded up to 4-0 degrees C in both conditions and untreated bamboo as insulation increased the relative humidity levels up to the maximum, 100%. The mean values of CO2 concentration are in the range of 1,869 ppm to 2,938 ppm and they reach up to 5,000 ppm at the most of the intervals, indicating a significant contribution to SBS. The condition of the equatorial climate denies the compatibility of the shipping container to be used as the building material of liveable space. The quality and treatment of the bamboo must be the ultimate priority. (C) 2021 Penerbit UTM Press. All rights reserved
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | Institut Pengurusan dan Pemantauan Penyelidikan (IPPP), Universiti Malaya under BKP Grant [BK010-2015] |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Bamboo; Comfort; Insulation; Shipping Container; Sick Building Syndrome |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HT Communities. Classes. Races |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Institute of Biological Sciences Faculty of the Built Environment > Department of Architecture |
| Depositing User: | Ms Zaharah Ramly |
| Date Deposited: | 26 May 2022 08:04 |
| Last Modified: | 26 May 2022 08:04 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/34883 |
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