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Users' Perception towards Energy Efficient Buildings
Get PDFA well-designed energy efficient building maintains the best environment for human habitation while minimising the cost of energy. The energy-efficient buildings are to improve the comfort levels of the occupants and reduce energy use (electricity, natural gas, etc) for heating, cooling and lighting (Development and Land Use Policy Manual for Australia, 2000 and United Nations, 1991). This paper is an inquiry to investigate the users' perceptions towards lights and space of energy-efficient buildings. The research is based on qualitative and quantitative data collection. The findings revealed that users have mixed feelings towards light and space, especially with the use of new working practices i.e. hot desking, hotelling etc
Concept of Night City: A new dimension to a city's economy
Get PDFAs an outcome of a comprehensive study on an area of 385.401 acres, a township in Alor Gajah, Malacca, was redesigned based on an innovative idea, ‘concept of night city’. The concept is believed to be economically viable. By using space syntax, an analysis of movement as well as the amount of activity likely to result from the movement is performed on the layout to determine if the redesign functions successfully. Results of the spatial analyses showed improvements in connectivity, integration, intelligibility and synergy levels. Based on the buildings, the future town of Alor Gajah looks viable spatially
Corporate Real Estate in Malaysia Higher Learning Environment
Get PDFCorporate Real Estate (CRE) is regarded as a part of strategic management in the organization. It is attempted to create awareness and highlight the important of implementing CRE in the educational institution. Educational institution is now facing a challenging task of producing quality human capital and providing students with conducive environment that will enhance their learning, becoming more creative and match the service delivery. Thus, to achieve all this any educational institution has to adopt strategy that will help them to add values and enhance their competitiveness. This research is to investigate the components of CRE that create added value to the core business
Ecological Perspectives of ICT Affordances in Malaysian Higher Education Learning Environment
Get PDFThere is a continuous struggle on understanding learning settings, particularly with ICT integrations (i.e. incorporate the use of ICT in teaching and learning practice and environment). This paper aims to illuminate an alternative means of understanding the virtual learning environment which is through affordances (perception-action coupling). A qualitative inquiry was implemented in gathering participants' experiences and perceptions regarding ICT integration in teaching practices through focus group discussions and semi-structured interviews. This study shows that preferences for ICT integration in a learning environment are closely related to ICT affordances. Understanding ICT affordances is indispensable in order to assess the conduciveness of learning environments with ICT integrations
Malaysian Perspective on the Development of Accessible Design
Get PDFMalaysia has been actively providing accessibility in the built environment since the country signed the Proclamation on the Full Participation and Equality of People with Disabilities in the Asia-Pacific Region in 1994. However, Malaysia has limitations in enforcing legislation pertaining to accessibility. One of the concerns was the local authorities role in having their own mechanisms to create an accessible built environment. The objective is to highlight the gaps in Malaysia's regulations and to illustrate the research development of the Accessible Design infrastructure for disabled people. The outcome will describe Malaysia's experience in Accessible Design
Identifying Culs-De-Sac Courtyard Neighbourhoods In Shah Alam
Get PDFCuls-de-sac in Shah Alam has begun to take centre stage, especially in the high-end neighbourhood developments. Typically, these neighbourhoods can be easily identified. However, in contrast to developed nations, the local municipality has yet to begin identifying neighbourhood typologies. This paper endeavours to elucidate sampling or identification process procedures of the cul-de-sac neighbourhood. The cul-de-sac was identified by observing intersection connectivity, link-node ratios, as well as street segment analysis; assimilation of techniques used in recent western methodologies. Scaled macro to micro map analysis aligned sequentially in sieves, allows for the identification of specific cul-de-sac syntax; one, in particular, is the cul-de-sac courtyards
National Parks: The determinants of visitors satisfaction in Turkey
Get PDFEnvironmental and natural preservation have become a common problem for all the societies of this century. User satisfaction is a concept that lies at the heart of various sectors and work areas today. Place attachment is another concept that has been covered in many research studies conducted until today. Place attachment closely related with satisfaction and includes symbolic and emotional expressions. This paper has been prepared for the purpose of measuring place related satisfaction and attachment of the national park visitors
Keywords: Place attachment; Satisfaction; National park.
eISSN 2514-751X © 2018. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open-access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
Perceived Destination Competitiveness of Langkawi Island: An evaluation
Get PDFDestination competitiveness has become a critical issue and creates increasing challenges in the tourism market. A successful tourism destination should embrace an integrated approach towards the many components of the tourism system and the competitive advantage of a destination closely relates to the quality of the products offered, which means the tourist satisfaction experienced at the destination. This research note discussed the tourism destination competitiveness and highlight Langkawi Island as one of the competitive tourism destinations in Malaysia. These early findings indicated that the Key Success Factors and Perceived Destination Competitiveness are significant with experience investigating the travel revisit intentions to this destination
Islamic Garden Concept in Response to Landscape Design
Get PDFThis paper discusses the Islamic garden concept in response to the heterogeneous society in Malaysia. The aim of this paper is to develop an understanding regarding the Islamic garden concept in the context of a heterogeneous society. The findings of the paper will assist in strengthening the understanding and appreciation towards the Islamic garden concept, as well as the implementation of the concept in landscape design. The paper will relate the idea of the Islamic garden concept to the landscape design towards creating an environmental setting in the era of urban regeneration
Evaluation and Concept of Building Performance Towards Sustainability in Malaysian Higher Institutions
Get PDFThe growing populations of students to higher institution is increasing year by year, therefore, it is important to ensure that the building is well functioned throughout its lifecycle. Inevitably, the educational process may be interrupted if the building experience a poor performance conditions, thus affect the students' academic achievement. Many studies have proved that there is the significance in providing holistic performance in educational buildings that able to improve the students' learning environment. This study is aimed to provide a new rating tool for building performance that is hoped to be used for Malaysia's higher educational buildings towards students' learning improvement