MS 1525

MS 1525 primarily deals with building energy. The steps towards Energy Efficient buildings are: PASSIVE MEASURES
Clause 4 : Architectural and Passive Design Strategy Clause 5 : Building Envelope

ACTIVE MEASURES
Clause 6 : Lighting Clause 7 Power System and Distribution System Clause 8 Air Cond and Mech Ventilation System Clause 9 Energy Management Control System

Purpose of this Malaysian Standard is to: encourage the design of new and existing buildings so that they may be constructed, operated and maintained in a manner that reduces the use of energy without straining the creativity, building function, nor the comfort or productivity of the occupants and with appropriate regard for cost consideration encourage the application of renewable energy in new and existing buildings to minimise non-renewable energy sources, pollution and energy consumption whilst maintaining comfort,

CONCEPT OF OTTV
A design criterion for building envelope known as the Overall Thermal Transfer Value (OTTV) has been adopted. The OTTV aims at achieving the design of building envelope to reduce heat gain through the building envelope and hence reduce the cooling load of the air-conditioning system. The OTTVshould not exceed 50 W / m2 The calculation of OTTV does not include the roof plane, but the thermal transmittance (Roof U-value) of the roof construction is important.

ROOF U-VALUE
MS1525:2007 Clause 5.5
U-values are worked out from the Thermal Resistance of the respective materials making up the Roof, similar to that for Walls. ie, U = 1 / Rtotal The higher the R, the lower the U, the better.