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THE HIGHEST PEAKS IN THE WORLD

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Today I would like to talk about ‘the highest peaks in the world’. When anyone mentions the word mountain, the first thing that appears in our mind is height. As we all know that in this planet, there are 7 continents and each of them has its own highest peak. First, we go to the highest mountain on earth, the famous ‘Everest Mountain’.  This mountain has a height of 8,848 meters and located in the Himalayas range, in between Nepal and China border. The mountain’s height was first unofficially determined in 1856 and later was validated by an Indian survey in 1955 and backed up by a Chinese measurement in 1975. The name of ‘Everest’ was taken from the name of a British Surveyor General of India, Sir George Everest. The highest mountain in South America continent is ‘Aconcagua Mountain’ in Argentina.  To be more precise, this mountain is situated on the Andes range with a height of 6,961 meters. Meanwhile, ‘Denali Mountain’ is the highest peak in North America continent. This mountai
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Natural Ventilation Potential in Kuala Lumpur: Assumptions, Realities and Future

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  Mohd Firrdhaus Mohd Sahabuddin 1 , Cristina Gonzalez-Longo 1 1 Department of Architecture, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom Abstract: Malaysia accounts for 11% of Southeast Asia’s carbon emissions in recent years, is the third highest emissions contributor in the region. It has been estimated that 25% of these carbon emissions are generated from the buildings, especially from the electrical and mechanical equipment that are present in residential buildings. Malaysia’s capital, Kuala Lumpur, has 81.5% of the high-rise buildings in the country and half of the buildings are residential. T hey have supposedly been designed as predominantly naturally ventilated, but the occupants had to add inefficient mechanical ventilation to achieve the required cooling. It is due to the lack of acknowledgement of the hot, humid climate of Malaysia by the current building regulations and the fact that the requirements for energy use are not customised for residential buildi
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