Homebuyers are now demanding green buildings over conventional buildings due to better performance, higher operating savings, and the premium satisfaction that the green buildings offer. However, whilst the supply of green buildings is increasing, the satisfaction of the occupants requires evaluation. This research investigated the satisfaction of the occupants of certified residential green buildings in the Greater Kuala Lumpur. The research was based on a cross-sectional survey questionnaire comprising 15 performance factors and 118 green building occupants. The survey forms were administered through hand delivery. The satisfaction of the occupants with respect to the ability of the buildings to accommodate the elderly and the disabled was very high. The occupants were also satisfied with the acoustics, overall lighting, layout, and overall air quality of the buildings. The factor analysis structured the performance factors into four clusters, namely, lighting, indoor environmental quality, operating cost, and spatial. The findings will be useful for the design teams because developers and city planners and the green rating certifiers and facilitators make their decisions on the prioritisation of the performance criteria of the green buildings. Whilst the data were collected in Malaysia, the information is applicable to beyond Malaysia.
The study investigated the use of ethylene glycol to form α-MoO3 from molybdic acid wastewater by thermal treatment at 300 °C for 1 h. The color change, pH values, and residual molybdenum concentration in the wastewater were dependent on the reaction times that were used. The results of UV–visible and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy were used to explain the reaction process. During the treatment process, the morphologies of the constituents were observed using scanning electron microscopy. In this work, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and transmission electron microscopy demonstrated that when the molybdenum oxide powder was treated thermally at 300 °C, the material exhibited crystallinity, and the peaks were indexed to correspond with the (002) and (200) crystallographic planes, which were identified as orthorhombic molybdenum trioxide (α-MoO3). In addition, the FTIR and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy confirmed that α-MoO3 powder had been synthesized. 相似文献
Abstract Presented here are the results of seismic wave velocities analyzed using the acceleration time‐histories recorded at the downhole strong motion array of the Lotung large scale seismic test site during the May 20, 1986 Hualien earthquake. The spectral ratios between the surface and downhole accelerograms were used to identify the frequencies of maximum amplification of soil layers, and an elastic 1‐D wave propagation model was proposed to estimate the wave velocities of the ground during the earthquake. The results obtained indicate that significant reduction of shear wave velocity as well as soil modulus was induced by earthquake excitation as compared to the values obtained from low strain level soil testings. 相似文献
The TiO2/SiO2/Ni–Cu–Zn ferrite composite for magnetic photocatalysts with high photocatalytic activity is successfully prepared in this study. The composite are composed of spherical or elliptical Ni–Cu–Zn ferrite nanoparticles about 20–60 nm as magnetic cores, silica as barrier layers with thickness of 15 nm between the magnetic cores and titania shells with thickness approximately 1.5 nm. Photodegradation examination of TiO2/SiO2/ Ni–Cu–Zn ferrite composite was carried out in methylene blue (MB) solutions illuminated under a Xe arc lamp with 35 W and color temperature of 6000 K. The results indicated that about 47.1% of MB molecules adsorbed on the TiO2/SiO2/Ni–Cu–Zn ferrite composite within 30 min mixing due to it higher pore volume of 0.034 cm3/g, and after 6 h Xe lamp irradiation, 83.9% of MB 16.1% was photodegraded. Compared with the TiO2 /Ni–Cu–Zn ferrite composite, the TiO2/SiO2/Ni–Cu–Zn ferrite composite with silica barrier layer prohibited the photodissolution and enhanced the photocatalytic ability. The magnetic photocatalyst shows high photocatalytic efficiency that the apparent first‐order rate constant kobs is 0.18427 h?1, and good magnetic property that the saturation magnetization (Ms) of is 37.45 emu/g, suggesting the magnetic photocatalyst can be easily recovered by the application of an external magnetic field. 相似文献