Elina mohd husini

• Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Contemporary terrace housing in Malaysia reflects colonial and Western influences, often misaligning with the spatial needs of modern Malay Muslim families. This study examines how visual privacy impacts space usage and housing satisfaction in urban terrace homes. Misaligned semi-outdoor spaces to occupant’s values may lead to underused core areas....

The Islamic Energy Garden (IEG) merges Islamic values with sustainable practices based on Maqasid Shariah principles to create eco-friendly, spiritually enriching campus environments. This study addresses the gap in research regarding the application of energy solutions within Islamic gardens aligned with Maqasid Shariah. It aims to identify and ca...

Street art, which originally stems from graffiti, has evolved into a powerful medium that has a significant impact on the cultural and physical landscape of heritage cities. “Literature Review on the Physical Characteristics of Heritage Cities from the Perspective of Street Art Design,” will explore the various roles played by street art in urban e...

Windows have long been recognized as the weakest link in a building’s thermal envelope due to their inherently low thermal resistance and static transmittance, resulting in increased energy consumption. Integrating energy-efficient Smart Switchable Glazing Systems (SSGS) has become a critical consideration for sustainable building design. In this s...

Ecologically conscious technology is a fast-developing domain centring around novel scientific and technical approaches that bring advantages to the planet. Commonly known as “sustainable technology”, this field is committed to conserving our natural resources. Therefore, urban Friendliness spaces are essential to all users as it stands as a public...

The formation of Pekan Papan, one of the old tin mining towns in the Kinta Valley, Perak, is closely related with the development of economic activities that show the development of mixed culture between races in Malaysia. This scenario can be seen through the creation of buildings surrounded by the landscape of the mining area tin, planned urban s...

Energy efficiency (EE) is crucial in addressing environmental issues and organisational performance. Energy awareness and knowledge is needed in promoting EE practices. This paper aims to review Maqasid Syariah (MS) knowledge in enhancing good EE practices, and the objectives are to investigate the EE awareness, knowledge and practices in Malaysia,...

Currently, the main environmental concerns encountered by most countries are energy and its consumption. A green lifestyle and energy efficiency (EE) could reduce daily energy consumption. Nevertheless, low awareness and knowledge of EE prevent proper green lifestyle practices to save energy and the environment. Thus, the study aims to examine buil...

The living performance in sustainable development outline contributing factors towards efficiency, such as ecological, economic, health, and social integration. The performance of facade design must be emphasised to describe resilient living and access to mitigate the design of post-coronavirus disease (COVID-19) housing. The spread of the pandemic...

Malaysia is one of the rising countries with the highest energy consumption rate, which is attributable to strong economic development in the residential and commercial sectors that consume approximately half of the total electricity generated. Several criteria have been implemented in Malaysia to develop efficient building design, such as the Gree...

Light is sacred and important in major monotheistic religion: Islam, Christianity, and Judaism. One example dedicated for light in the Quran is surah An-Nur. Daylight considerations are also viewed as important in designing educational spaces to reduce visual discomfort to ensure students’ optimal reading and writing task performance. This paper fo...

A design that uses passive design strategies usually optimizes daylight source for occupants’ visual comfort. Through literature review, it suggested that the students’ performance is influenced by the daylight level of the space. Many methods have been introduced to identify students’ English writing performance in relation to the daylight level i...

Daylight efficiency correlates to window design. Guidelines recommend a 20 per cent window-to-floor ratio (WFR) at 900mm windowsill height, where acceptable 300 lx to 500 lx measured at 900mm working plane height. However, Islamic religious schools use a 300mm height table known as ‘rehal’. Studies neglect the difference in required working plane h...

Acceptable illuminance level in spaces is essential for optimum task performance that requires visual efficiency such as reading and writing. Passive design strategies are developed to meet the occupants' visual comfort such as optimizing the daylight source. Previous researcher highlighted the illuminance level in a space correlates with the occup...

Out of various architectural research methods ranging from quantitative and qualitative types, experimental field measurement type is mostly used compared to others due to its practicability. Therefore, there is a need to take into consideration the right step to follow to achieve the needed goal of using this type of methodology. However, this pap...

Islamic religious school is an institution that integrates Quran hafazan (memorization) in the curriculum. Between 2011 to 2017, estimated that 900 new Islamic religious schools were established in Malaysia due to high demands. Designing a classroom layout that receives sufficient daylight is important because it influences the students’ task perfo...

Renewable energy such as natural daylight is an important element that influences students' task performance such as reading and writing in schools. Research shows daylight can improve the students' performance in classroom. Acceptable illuminance level recommended by guidelines in the world for learning space is between 300 lux to 500 lux. The ill...

Daylighting is concerned with the lead causes of energy consumption where greenest building assessments is based on the daylight quality. Most of the measurements of daylight performance and quality are based on illuminances in office spaces. Daylight and illuminance should not be neglected in adapting the appropriate brightness as this is an impor...

A renewable energy source that is important for human daily task performance is daylighting according to photobiologist. These daily task requires visual comfort for optimal performance such as writing and reading. These tasks are also commonly performed as educational process in learning spaces such as classrooms. Various research shows that the i...

The exponential growth of the population and development comes in hand with excessive use of natural resources which leads to the depletion of the non-renewable material. The main goal of this Solar Decathlon Solar Home competition is to select the best home, which can be assembled within 10 days in the desert climate. The solution of four issues w...

Abstract. Illuminance in spaces is important criteria in rating building performance. These also a strategy to develop some passive design criteria to meet the occupant visual comfort. The aim of this study is to investigate the fluctuation of the illuminance level and the impact of daylighting in an optimum performance zone. This study also invest...

Illuminance in spaces is important criteria in rating building performance. These also a strategy to develop some passive design criteria to meet the occupant visual comfort. The aim of this study is to investigate the fluctuation of the illuminance level and the impact of daylighting in an optimum performance zone. This study also investigates the...

Natural daylight is a renewable energy source that is important in photobiology study which looks into the effect of light to living organism. Students' visual comfort satisfaction due to efficient daylight in a classroom are highlighted in the physical of the building and learning space such as windows and openings. One of the factor that influenc...

Streets are the most ubiquitous public spaces, serving a multitude of functions which tied to an extremely narrow range of historical, geographical and cultural settings. Streets record and determine the history of city form, more than any other element of the urban infrastructure. It has attributors in making it a successful street with its own un...

In Islamic point of view and other monotheistic religion such as Christianity and Judaism, light has been described as a sacred element. Surah An-Nur in the Quran emphasised light as synonym to Allah's guidance. Interpreted by Buya Hamka, the first word of the first revelation "READ!" shows that in order to understand Islam, one must read and learn...

Fast expanding of urban development changes the street function and gives priority for vehicles, which effects the urban fabric and cultural life of the city. It makes walking in the street difficult and uncomfortable. Hence, this research aims to explore the influence of landscape features towards comfort character of traditional streets in Amman,...

Fast expanding of urban development changes the street function and gives priority for vehicles, which effects the urban fabric and cultural life of the city. It makes walking in the street difficult and uncomfortable. Hence, this research aims to explore the influence of landscape features towards comfort character of traditional streets in Amman,...

The exponential growth of the population and development comes in hand with excessive use of natural resources which leads to the depletion of the non-renewable material. The main goal of this Solar Decathlon Solar Home competition is to select the best home, which can be assembled within 10 days in the desert climate. The solution of four issues w...

Strong family ties built on the teachings of Quran and Sunnah produce excellent foundation in forming a household which are constantly under the protection and blessing of Allah and in turn contribute to the overall health of a community. A dwelling filled with the remembrance of Allah will no doubt find an aura of peace and tranquility. This is ca...

The Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia (USIM) has outline steps to achieve sustainable development and environmentally friendly starting year 2014 which stipulated that all faculties and offices building to be incorporated with sustainable design features and occupants awareness toward energy efficiency building. However, the questions on the existing...

Strong family ties built on the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah produce excellent foundation in forming a household which are constantly under the protection and blessing of Allah and in turn contribute to the overall health of a community. A dwelling filled with the remembrance of Allah will no doubt find an aura of peace and tranquillity. This...

Strong family ties built on the teachings of the Quran and Sunnah produce excellent foundation in forming a household which are constantly under the protection and blessing of Allah and in turn contribute to the overall health of a community. A dwelling filled with the remembrance of Allah will no doubt find an aura of peace and tranquillity. This...

Daylighting has yet to be fully utilised in the office interiors even though Malaysia has abundant natural light throughout the year and highly dependent on artificial lighting. However, there is always fluctuation of illuminance in office spaces and this can cause problems to occupants which affect visual and work performance. The aim of this stud...

Today fast development have given a negative impact on elements of urban spaces in urban area particularly street, where vehicles are seen as primary 'consumers'. Of concern to urban design are the character issues that have an impact on sense of place. Thus, the objective of this writing is to discuss the essential of street design and character i...

Today fast development have given a negative impact on elements of urban spaces in urban area particularly street, where vehicles are seen as primary 'consumers'. Of concern to urban design are the character issues that have an impact on sense of place. Thus, the objective of this writing is to discuss the essential of street design and character i...

Lighting is desired for work and it has an impact to occupants’ satisfaction with their workspace to improve the preferred luminous condition in day-lit office. This study investigates the acceptable luminance level that meet the requirement for visual comfort through post occupancy evaluations for office buildings in Malaysia. This paper presents...