EXPERIMENTAL EVALUATION OF LOW ENERGY BUILDING USING DOUBLE-SKIN GREEN FAÇADE IN TROPICAL CLIMATE

As people are spending most of their time indoors, the building sector has been dominating the total energy consumption due to the utilization of air-conditioning and mechanical ventilation to provide a comfortable indoor working environment. This research work aims to achieve a low energy building with a passive approach, focusing on the building envelope considering thermal performance, energy saving, cost-benefit analysis and thermal comfort. That has been achieved by installation of double-skin green façade on the post-graduate office building located in the solar research site in Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS with geographical coordinates of 4.3838˚N, 100.9709˚ E.