Adoption of air well in IBS wall panel

Ventilation is essential to achieving best thermal comfort and comfort students. However, in Malaysia, student accommodation lacked mechanical ventilation and relied heavily on natural ventilation. Regardless of their position or size, fans are the only source of mechanical aid. Therefore, by effectively incorporating air, it is possible to create adequate ventilation for the dwelling. Thus, the air could maximise the flow amount of the air outside the buildings. Due to that matter, this study aims to propose the air well design that could maximise the air movement circulation into the building particularly at students’ accommodation. The air well was designed to help regulate air movement in and out of buildings, and the air well could reduce the maintenance costs of structures. Even the terraced housing hardly provides the occupants with thermal comfort. Often, mechanical cooling, which is an energy-consuming part, contributes to outdoor heat dissipation that leads to an urban heat island effect. The research goals that have been established as guidance for the questions that have been produced are as follows. The goal of this project is to improve the students’ accommodation by enhancing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Industrialized Building System. The goals should be achieved at the end of the study, a) to find the current issues and problems on the student’s accommodation ventilation, b) to propose an innovative an innovative IBS wall panel with air well and c) to recommend the marketability of IBS wall panel with air well that improves student’s accommodation.