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Wall envelopes in office buildings: design trend and implications on cooling load of buildings
Norhati Ibrahim1, Azni Zain Ahmed2, Sabarinah Sh. Ahmed3.
The wall envelope is a vital element of a building especially to a high rise building where its
wall to building volume ratio is higher compared to other building forms. As well as a means
of architectural expression, the wall envelope protects and regulates the indoor environment.
In recent years there have been many applications of glass products and cladding systems in
high-rise buildings built in Kuala Lumpur. This paper describes a recent research and survey
on wall envelope designs adopted in 33 high-rise office buildings built in the central business
district of Kuala Lumpur since 1990. This research adopts component design analysis to
identify dominant trends on wall envelope design for the surveyed buildings. The paper seeks
to discourse the implications of this design trend on energy consumption of high-rise office
buildings in the country.
Affiliation:
- Curtin University of Technology, Australia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
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