Penerapan Double Skin Facade Pada Daerah Iklim Tropis

Abstract

Energy efficiency is one of the aspects that must be achieved in making Green Building. Double Skin
Facade (DSF) is one of the advanced facade technologies that can be used to improve thermal comfort.
Geographically, the territory of Indonesia is located between 2 oceans namely India and the Pacific and 2
continents namely Asia and Australia, this can make it clear that Indonesia has a humid tropical climate.
UMN buildings have implemented Double Skin Facade using a buffer system. DSF applied to UMN buildings
can reduce temperatures according to the level of thermal comfort standards, with an average temperature
of 25.7 C. The purpose of this study is to prove that double skin facade technology can be applied to buildings
in the tropics. The method used in this research is direct observation at UMN. The measurement is done with
2 points (inside and outside the building). The results showed that the use of DSF affects energy efficiency
and thermal comfort factor, with 6 mm ACP material can reduce 0.7% temperature.
Keyword : Energy Efficiency, Thermal Comfort. Tropical Climate, Double Skin, Facade, Technology.