4.Journals Published in Sri Lanka
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Item Attempts to use coir dust in the preparation of building slabs or hardboard(CRI:Lunuwila, 1969)Item Has the developer delivered?(The Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 1994/95) Navaratne, D.B.Item Aluminium in architectural applications(The Sri Lanka Institute of Architects:Colombo, 1994/95) Goonatilake, L.R.Item Sustainability through climatically responsive low energy architecture(The Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 1995/96) Ranasinghe, S.; Perera, R.Item Harnessing natural light for energy efficiency in buildings(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 1998) Ranasinghe, S.; Perera, R.This paper is written within the premise that lighting accounts for a sizeable portion of the total energy requirements of Sri Lanka.It is also noted that efficiency planned usage of daylight for building interours could result in considerable savings in energy and thereby lead to energy efficiency.TRhe intention of this article is to highlight few key design criteria which must be considered by architects in harnessing natural light to make the buildings they create energy efficient.Although these criteria are commonly known,lack of understanding and application are amply demonstrated in contemporary Sri Lankan buildings.Item Rational use of glass in tropical urban climatic conditions(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2001) Perera, L.S.R.; Wickramasinghe, N.Glass is a common material us4ed in buildings,mainly for plenestration purposes.Although the physical properties and performance data ofthe wide variety of glass can be easily obtained from technical literature,their performances under specific environmental conditions are not commonly known.While the technical literature presents performance data under laboratory conditions,the same under ambient conditions are not available .However,the post application performence of glass largely depends on the external environmental conditions.This paper attemplts to understand the plerformance of popularly used variety of glasses under tropical urban climatic conditions of Sri lanka.It presents the findings of an exlperimnet conducted under ambient conditions,using a scaled model of a typical office building.Item Creating a quality culture - a need in the new millennium(Sri Lanka Institute of Architects. Colombo, 2001) De Silva, V.