Overall thermal transfer value of residential buildings in Malaysia
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Abstract
This study presents the Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV) and the energy consumption of room air conditioners of the residential buildings in Malaysia. A survey has been conducted to investigate the OTTV and the energy consumption of room air conditioners of the residential buildings in Malaysia. OTTV calculation, energy consumption and effect of the building parameters on energy consumption have been investigated. It is found that OTTV of the residential buildings in Malaysia varied from 35 to 65 W m -2 with a mean value of 41.7 W m -2. The sensitivities of several parameters such as window to wall ratio (WWR), Shading Coefficient (SC), U-value for wall (U w) and solar absorption (α) are provided to design and optimize the thermal performance of residential buildings. It is found that U and α influence more on OTTV compared to other parameters. The analysis shows that about 14, 10 and 5 of residential building air conditioners have annual electricity consumption in the ranges 500 to 1000 kWh, 1000 to 2000 kWh and 7500 to 10000 kWh, respectively. The maximum, minimum and average annual electricity consumption of the air conditioner of residential buildings is 22055.5, 136.1 and 3708.8 kWh, respectively. © 2009 Asian Network for Scientific Inform
Keywords
Air conditioner, Energy consumption, Residential building, Wall conduction.
Divisions
fac_eng
Publication Title
Journal of Applied Sciences
Volume
9
Issue
11
Publisher
Journal of Applied Sciences
Additional Information
Cited By (since 1996): 5 Export Date: 6 December 2012 Source: Scopus Language of Original Document: English Correspondence Address: Hasanuzzaman, M.; Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Malaya, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia References: Hui, S.C.M., Overall thermal transfer value (OTTV): How to improve its control in Hong Kong (1997), Proceedings of the One-Day Symposium on Building, Energy and Environment, Oct. 16, Shangrila Hotel, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 12-1-12-11Lam, J.C., Energy analysis of commercial buildings in subtropical climates (2000) Build. Environ., 35, pp. 19-26; Lam, J.C., Tsang, C.L., Li, D.H.W., Cheung, S.O., Residential building envelope heat gain and cooling energy requirements (2005) Energy, 30, pp. 933-951; Mahlia, T.M.I., Masjuki, H.H., Choudhury, I.A., Saidur, R., Potential CO. 2 reduction by implementing energy efficiency standard for room air conditioner in Malaysia (2001) Energy Convers. Manage., 42, pp. 1673-1685; Mahlia, T.M.I., Masjuki, H.H., Saidur, R., Amalina, M.A., Cost-benefit analysis of implementing minimum energy efficiency standards for household refrigerator-freezers in Malaysia (2004) Energy Policy, 32, pp. 1819-1824; Rahman, M.A., Lee, K.T., Energy for sustainable development in Malaysia: Energy policy and alternative energy (2006) Energy Policy, 34, pp. 2388-2397; Surapong, C., (2006) Developing Countries Experience With Building Energy Codes And Energy Efficiency In Existing Buildings, pp. 1-36. , 2006 Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand; Varman, M., Masjuki, H.H., Mahlia, T.M.I., Electricity savings from implementation of minimum energy efficiency standard for TVS in Malaysia (2005) Energy Build., 37, pp. 685-689; Yik, F.W.H., Wan, K.S.Y., An evaluation of the appropriateness of using overall (2005) Energy, 30, pp. 41-71