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My PhD Journey (Part 1 - Experience from the past)

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My PhD Journey (Part 1 - Experience from the past) PhD... The aim that I have set in mind since 2012. I was always dreaming to further my study overseas again. I studied in the University of Edinburgh from 2011 to 2012. The study experience was so great, the Edinburgh city was so beautiful and the Scotland's sceneries were so gorgeous. Yes of course there were some advantages and disadvantages of been overseas, but it is very much depending on the person him/herself. For me, I'm always looking for a new challenging thing and I enjoyed every moment good and bad while in Edinburgh. The most important was being 'Musafir' could make us closer to the Almighty Creator - Allah SWT.  With wife and kids around, we paved our own path and lived bravely in a new environment, new society and new lifestyle. There is only one word can describe us - 'Survivors'. Therefore, a year experience in Edinburgh had changed us a lot.  PhD... Again, I take the chal

My First Conference's Presentation : Venice, Italy : 2015

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By Firrbudi aka Lensahijau

'AIRHOUSE' - A NATURAL VENTILATION SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA : CONTRIBUTION TO THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

Currently, most of the highrise buildings in Malaysia are using fully air conditioning systems which ducted mechanical systems with heating, cooling and humidity control. Some of them are using zoned type of mixed mode ventilation, but the air conditioned areas are much greater than areas using natural ventilation. Therefore, this scenario leads to high capital and high operating cost for the buildings.  There are also a few examples of high rise office buildings in Malaysia that using partly natural ventilation system such as UMNO Tower in Penang and Mesiniaga Tower in Kuala Lumpur. There are also high-rise condominium towers such as TTDI Plaza, TTDI Residence & Idamen Residence in Kuala Lumpur that were designed to be naturally ventilated. Not forgetting, hundreds of high rise social housing throughout the country that are supposed to be naturally ventilated. However, most of these buildings were transformed to be fully air conditioned either for the whole building or whole