6.2 RECOMMENDATIONS

6.2 RECOMMENDATIONS

Following recommendations can be made to design the building facades with advance and innovative techniques to improve the indoor environment, and enhance the working conditions and occupant comfort in the building blocks of Media Park.

 The buildings functioning as administrative block, office, training center, etc. can have kinetic facade or/and double facade to improve the indoor environment, working conditions and occupant comfort.

 The spaces like exhibition area, workshop area, etc. can have interactive facade to display the work of the professionals as well as the show the daily updates. It will create an emphasis on the visitors as the people in the media park would be able to communicate with the facades.

Figure 39 : Arab World Institute, Paris Figure 40 : Al Bahar Tower, Abu Dhabi

Figure 42 : Hilversum Media Park, Netherlands Figure 41 : Taman Anggrek Mall, Jakarta

 The intelligent building facade helps the building to significantly contribute towards the reduction of energy consumptions, enhancement of the building energy and environmental performance, and also enrich the user‟s visual and thermal comfort.

GLOSSARY OF TERMS

 Intelligent building skin – It is an envelope that adapts itself to its environment by means of perception, reasoning and action. This innate adaptiveness enables an intelligent building envelope to cope with new situations and solve problems that arise in its interaction with the environment.

 Contemporary architecture - It is a form of construction that embodies the various styles of building designs stemming from a wide range of influences. It cuts away from the modern architecture of the late twentieth century by including eco-friendly features and embracing all kinds of creativity.

 Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) – It refers to the quality of a building‟s environment in relation to the health and wellbeing of those who occupy space within it. IEQ is determined by many factors, including lighting, air quality, and damp conditions.

 Autonomic respond concept- It is an involuntary action when the material of the building changes itself dynamically in response to global climate change to reduce energy requirements.

 Retractable roof – It is a roof system designed to roll back the roof on tracks, so that the interior of the facility is open to the outdoors. They are also known as operable roof or retractable skylights. They are mostly used in auditoriums, stadiums, etc.

 Chilled ceiling technology – It is a type of radiation/convection HVAC system designed to heat and cool large buildings. Pipes of water are passed through a beam (a heat exchanger) either integrated into standard suspended ceiling systems or suspended a short distance from the ceiling of a room. As the beam chills the air around it, the air becomes denser and falls to the floor.

It is replaced by warmer air moving up from below, causing a constant passive air movement called convection, which cools the room.

 Building management system- It is also known as a building automation system, is a computer-based control system installed in buildings that controls and monitors the building's mechanical and electrical equipment such as ventilation, lighting, power systems, fire systems, and security systems.

 Photovoltaic (PV) - It is a method known for generating electric power by using solar cells to convert energy from the sun into a flow of electrons by the photovoltaic effect. Solar cells produce direct current electricity from sunlight

which can be used to power equipment or to recharge a battery. PV has become the cheapest source of electrical power in regions with a high solar potential. A photovoltaic system employs solar modules, each comprising a number of solar cells, which generate electrical power.  Mashrabiya- It is an architectural element which is characteristic of traditional architecture in the Islamic world. It is a type of projecting oriel window enclosed with carved wood latticework located on the upper floors of a building, sometimes enhanced with stained glass.  Illuminance - It is the total luminous flux incident on a surface, per unit area. It is a measure of how much the incident light illuminates the surface, wavelength-weighted by the luminosity function to correlate with human brightness perception.  Daylight factor- Is a measure of the total daylight illumination at a point on a given plane expressed as a ratio (percentage) which the illumination at the point on the given plane bears to the simultaneous illumination on a horizontal plane due to the clear design sky at an external point open to the whole sky vault, direct sunlight being excluded.

Table 8 : Daylight factor for different spaces

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