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Publications in Journals and Proceedings during my Sabbatical Leave from (Technical) University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim / Germany 2011-2021 Please feel free to download *.pdf Files from those which are already completed hyperlinked through the Italics fond.
You will find answers for…
- Your more detailed questions in our published or unpublished articles since 2010.
- You will also find the progress since 2010 when the first articles were published.
- In addition, you can also download PPTs. If you like to use them, please get in touch with the author (some of the copyrights must be followed) or please use your own material.
This e-book will grow through the course of time: Especially by the input of you, our valued colleagues on the headway to reduce Global Warming. We will update the chapters of the e-book often with your contributions and keep you in the loop.
BLOGS on different items can be found here:
Here is my latest blog on Humidity:
60%, 70% or 80% – The Mystery of relative Humidity
Humidity is disturbing people’s comfort, causing mould and mites.
Lots of misunderstandings exist when it comes to humidity as a factor that affects our well-being called thermal comfort. The level of relative humidity is calculated into the temperature and will increase the felt “ambient” temperature when it is more than 26°C. Therefore, even in cold hemisphere most often rain comes with relative humidity
Planning to write my article on “moisture and mold in tropical residential housing”, I have learnt from Building Science lectures
“what internally becomes wet, is ok, if it gets dry again”.
One question after all I know about moisture from my 8 years spent in the tropical area, you might help me to answer is about the following.
Building scientists here in Central Europe write that it is prohibited for a building to internally get wet at all (e.g. the Passive House postulating the ultimate necessity of moisture barriers). For sure, moisture is an underestimated problem for lots of buildings causing mould and mites to settle down on certain thermal circumstances in the matrix of temperature and relative humidity.
The reason why I write to you is because you, as representative of the tropical adaptation of passive houses, might have some in-depth knowledge and experiences. I have learnt from building lectures on moisture especially for the walls of a building:
“Whatever becomes wet, needs to dry again” (Joe Lstiburek)
how wetting can, and cannot be balanced by drying: Does it take longer to dry than it takes to get wet? Or is it the same time, like a balance sheet “wetting” vs. “drying”, if the percentage of relative humidity is a trade-off of zero?
If the formula works on these conditions, that would have tremendous consequences for natural or mechanical night time ventilation without the expensive part which is coolness recovery: Less usage of air conditioning, in some places depending on individual thermal comfort levels over several months even no air condition at all. That, of course, is another debate that needs to be incorporated into the research.
How to apply the “wetting and drying-formula”, before I move further with my research, which is based on real-time meteorological and indoor data.
Looking at recent cooling research and practical tendencies to reduce CO2, we will not find much “back to the roots”-news. Village houses remain hot, and most new buildings use a tool primarily for their sleeping rooms, and otherwise stand the tropical heat with less clothing. However, as global warming becomes more common, there might be a time where occupants need to live in the airconditioned sleeping rooms or hang out in cooled shopping malls. This is bad news for people and the environment, as air conditions become more taken for granted. This behaviour echoes in main stream, relies on air condition, for them there is no alternative, and they take it for granted.
Still, there are people who use indoor ventilators at least during the daytime. Throughout sunny periods, people tend to have interior shades, but this just removes the radiation and stacks the heat on the window, the shading element and the space in between.
This article will check what else can be done to make the indoor climate palatable for different types of humans. Strategies with simple cost-saving environmental-friendly solutions for affordable housing are rare. Instead of relying alone on the “psychrometric chart” and thermal comfort calculations, even foreigners from the cold hemisphere tend to adapt to the “hot and humid” tropical climate. Due to rising outside temperatures they are getting far away from thermal comfort, people want to protect themselves against the odds of nature – or rekindle them.
Benchmark 4: 28,6°C with usually max. 85%, rarely 90% RH |
I wrote an ebook and articles redefining adapted tropical thermal comfort, the necessity of airtightness and optimal “smart” shading. Additionally, in this contribution on humidity I would like to focus on the most difficult item of how to save CO2 by reducing or even not needing the power of the carbon foot triggering air condition: the high humidity is somehow invisible, except if it rains and we presume that it is feels “wet” as an indicator. Experts know that the effect of the RH on our body is especially connected to the temperature: The higher, the more we will face a high indigestible RH above the borderline of 60-70% (which different in the certification systems). Therefore, the first chart will show the linearity of “the higher the temperature, the lower the RH” must be:
You will find research within story-telling answers for…
… The updated meanings of “Triple Green” and “Tropical Passive Houses” as the globally acknowledged intellectual backbones of this ebook.
… How despite declarations and commitments during the Copenhagen (2009) and Paris (2015) agreements, the journey of an uprising carbon footprint continued almost linearly at least until the unexpected Corona crisis 2020.
… 1971-2018 – A true tropical story about “glocal” (=global plus local) warming exemplified by the meteorology of one tropical country.
… How the civilisation’s most CO2-saving modern building based on the entirety of passive technology makes it to the tropics, and which obstacles are to be expected.
… How a practical implementation of the 7 to 8 passive and active modules of a residential tropical Passive House can assist the strife to initiate real green-er tropical buildings.
… Why and how elements of passive building design alone cannot work and due to outside climatic interferences typically can’t be tested properly in a patchwork style, but only in the entirety of its 7 to 8 tropical modules represented here?
… Why should passive technology as a whole as initiated by the International Passive House Institute NOT stop at the border of the subtropical towards the tropical belt? (That would mean leaving more than 800,000,000 people out of coverage for the passive building approach as one).
… How do the basics of a carbon-footprint reducing concept of tropical thermal comfort look like? How is the impact of CO2 widely underrated by green tropical certification bandings … whereas by research at the same time it is already implicitly adapted?
… Why we need and how we are capable to create a whole new sustainable understanding of smarted tropical thermal comfort which is only tied to its upper temperature limit, and not longer to a certain range? Alongside, a redefinition of still comfortable humidity and velocity is deemed necessary.
… How some readers can consider and think of making a business out of the knowledge gained throughout the book by practising the Blue Ocean strategy for the Passive House approach?
66 pages | 79 €
Extended version with material especially relevant for developers, owners and occupants living in tropical Malaysia.
Altogether inclusive of the passages of chapter 1 mentioned above 71 pages | 84€
You will find research within story-telling answers for…
… The updated meanings of “Triple Green” and “Tropical Passive Houses” as the globally acknowledged intellectual backbones of this ebook.
… How despite declarations and commitments during the Copenhagen (2009) and Paris (2015) agreements, the journey of an uprising carbon footprint continued almost linearly at least until the unexpected Corona crisis 2020.
… 1971-2018 – A true tropical story about “glocal” (=global plus local) warming exemplified by the meteorology of one tropical country.
… How the civilisation’s most CO2-saving modern building based on the entirety of passive technology makes it to the tropics, and which obstacles are to be expected.
… How a practical implementation of the 7 to 8 passive and active modules of a residential tropical Passive House can assist the strife to initiate real green-er tropical buildings.
… Why and how elements of passive building design alone cannot work and due to outside climatic interferences typically can’t be tested properly in a patchwork style, but only in the entirety of its 7 to 8 tropical modules represented here?
… Why should passive technology as a whole as initiated by the International Passive House Institute NOT stop at the border of the subtropical towards the tropical belt? (That would mean leaving more than 800,000,000 people out of coverage for the passive building approach as one).
… How do the basics of a carbon-footprint reducing concept of tropical thermal comfort look like? How is the impact of CO2 widely underrated by green tropical certification bandings … whereas by research at the same time it is already implicitly adapted?
… Why we need and how we are capable to create a whole new sustainable understanding of smarted tropical thermal comfort which is only tied to its upper temperature limit, and not longer to a certain range? Alongside, a redefinition of still comfortable humidity and velocity is deemed necessary.
… How some readers can consider and think of making a business out of the knowledge gained throughout the book by practising the Blue Ocean strategy for the Passive House approach?
66 pages | 79 €
Extended version with material especially relevant for developers, owners and occupants living in tropical Malaysia.
Altogether inclusive of the passages of chapter 1 mentioned above 71 pages | 84€
You will find research within story-telling answers for…
… The updated meanings of “Triple Green” and “Tropical Passive Houses” as the globally acknowledged intellectual backbones of this ebook.
… How despite declarations and commitments during the Copenhagen (2009) and Paris (2015) agreements, the journey of an uprising carbon footprint continued almost linearly at least until the unexpected Corona crisis 2020.
… 1971-2018 – A true tropical story about “glocal” (=global plus local) warming exemplified by the meteorology of one tropical country.
… How the civilisation’s most CO2-saving modern building based on the entirety of passive technology makes it to the tropics, and which obstacles are to be expected.
… How a practical implementation of the 7 to 8 passive and active modules of a residential tropical Passive House can assist the strife to initiate real green-er tropical buildings.
… Why and how elements of passive building design alone cannot work and due to outside climatic interferences typically can’t be tested properly in a patchwork style, but only in the entirety of its 7 to 8 tropical modules represented here?
… Why should passive technology as a whole as initiated by the International Passive House Institute NOT stop at the border of the subtropical towards the tropical belt? (That would mean leaving more than 800,000,000 people out of coverage for the passive building approach as one).
… How do the basics of a carbon-footprint reducing concept of tropical thermal comfort look like? How is the impact of CO2 widely underrated by green tropical certification bandings … whereas by research at the same time it is already implicitly adapted?
… Why we need and how we are capable to create a whole new sustainable understanding of smarted tropical thermal comfort which is only tied to its upper temperature limit, and not longer to a certain range? Alongside, a redefinition of still comfortable humidity and velocity is deemed necessary.
… How some readers can consider and think of making a business out of the knowledge gained throughout the book by practising the Blue Ocean strategy for the Passive House approach?
66 pages | 79 €
Extended version with material especially relevant for developers, owners and occupants living in tropical Malaysia.
Altogether inclusive of the passages of chapter 1 mentioned above 71 pages | 84€
You will find research within story-telling answers for…
… The updated meanings of “Triple Green” and “Tropical Passive Houses” as the globally acknowledged intellectual backbones of this ebook.
… How despite declarations and commitments during the Copenhagen (2009) and Paris (2015) agreements, the journey of an uprising carbon footprint continued almost linearly at least until the unexpected Corona crisis 2020.
… 1971-2018 – A true tropical story about “glocal” (=global plus local) warming exemplified by the meteorology of one tropical country.
… How the civilisation’s most CO2-saving modern building based on the entirety of passive technology makes it to the tropics, and which obstacles are to be expected.
… How a practical implementation of the 7 to 8 passive and active modules of a residential tropical Passive House can assist the strife to initiate real green-er tropical buildings.
… Why and how elements of passive building design alone cannot work and due to outside climatic interferences typically can’t be tested properly in a patchwork style, but only in the entirety of its 7 to 8 tropical modules represented here?
… Why should passive technology as a whole as initiated by the International Passive House Institute NOT stop at the border of the subtropical towards the tropical belt? (That would mean leaving more than 800,000,000 people out of coverage for the passive building approach as one).
… How do the basics of a carbon-footprint reducing concept of tropical thermal comfort look like? How is the impact of CO2 widely underrated by green tropical certification bandings … whereas by research at the same time it is already implicitly adapted?
… Why we need and how we are capable to create a whole new sustainable understanding of smarted tropical thermal comfort which is only tied to its upper temperature limit, and not longer to a certain range? Alongside, a redefinition of still comfortable humidity and velocity is deemed necessary.
… How some readers can consider and think of making a business out of the knowledge gained throughout the book by practising the Blue Ocean strategy for the Passive House approach?
66 pages | 79 €
Extended version with material especially relevant for developers, owners and occupants living in tropical Malaysia.
Altogether inclusive of the passages of chapter 1 mentioned above 71 pages | 84€
This chapter is primarily dedicated for researchers and students who want to set up their own studies comparing different heat prevention methods. Our target is to meet always almost exactly the tropical residential thermal comfort level. You will find answers for…
- … How we created real life “living lab” mock-up tropical buildings to test Triple Green in the entirety of 7-8 modules of 3 tropical passive against 1 conventional building.
- … What kind of detailed methods we chose during our 5 years study 2014-2019. And what we recommend to repeat if you would like to embark on your own studies, plus what you could avoid.
- … How to propose a research framework to factor in the weather in different types, and recalculate validated data for one whole year.
- … Why Tropical Passive Houses tested in their entirety perform during certain weather periods, and why during others they do not.
- … How we can set up a “secret” formula to calculate what a tropical “cool” passive green building can do compared to a non-green building.
In this chapter we also provide a platform for all tropical researchers via LinkedIn or blog to come up with their own ideas for joint future publications, where you can participate with your own findings and ideas.
The book does not belong to us or anyone, we can consider it belongs to planer Earth. So if you find any necessary amendments, we are open to adopt changes.
59 pages | 70€
This chapter is primarily dedicated for researchers and students who want to set up their own studies comparing different heat prevention methods. Our target is to meet always almost exactly the tropical residential thermal comfort level. You will find answers for…
- … How we created real life “living lab” mock-up tropical buildings to test Triple Green in the entirety of 7-8 modules of 3 tropical passive against 1 conventional building.
- … What kind of detailed methods we chose during our 5 years study 2014-2019. And what we recommend to repeat if you would like to embark on your own studies, plus what you could avoid.
- … How to propose a research framework to factor in the weather in different types, and recalculate validated data for one whole year.
- … Why Tropical Passive Houses tested in their entirety perform during certain weather periods, and why during others they do not.
- … How we can set up a “secret” formula to calculate what a tropical “cool” passive green building can do compared to a non-green building.
In this chapter we also provide a platform for all tropical researchers via LinkedIn or blog to come up with their own ideas for joint future publications, where you can participate with your own findings and ideas.
The book does not belong to us or anyone, we can consider it belongs to planer Earth. So if you find any necessary amendments, we are open to adopt changes.
59 pages | 70€
This chapter is primarily dedicated for researchers and students who want to set up their own studies comparing different heat prevention methods. Our target is to meet always almost exactly the tropical residential thermal comfort level. You will find answers for…
- … How we created real life “living lab” mock-up tropical buildings to test Triple Green in the entirety of 7-8 modules of 3 tropical passive against 1 conventional building.
- … What kind of detailed methods we chose during our 5 years study 2014-2019. And what we recommend to repeat if you would like to embark on your own studies, plus what you could avoid.
- … How to propose a research framework to factor in the weather in different types, and recalculate validated data for one whole year.
- … Why Tropical Passive Houses tested in their entirety perform during certain weather periods, and why during others they do not.
- … How we can set up a “secret” formula to calculate what a tropical “cool” passive green building can do compared to a non-green building.
In this chapter we also provide a platform for all tropical researchers via LinkedIn or blog to come up with their own ideas for joint future publications, where you can participate with your own findings and ideas.
The book does not belong to us or anyone, we can consider it belongs to planer Earth. So if you find any necessary amendments, we are open to adopt changes.
59 pages | 70€
This chapter is primarily dedicated for researchers and students who want to set up their own studies comparing different heat prevention methods. Our target is to meet always almost exactly the tropical residential thermal comfort level. You will find answers for…
- … How we created real life “living lab” mock-up tropical buildings to test Triple Green in the entirety of 7-8 modules of 3 tropical passive against 1 conventional building.
- … What kind of detailed methods we chose during our 5 years study 2014-2019. And what we recommend to repeat if you would like to embark on your own studies, plus what you could avoid.
- … How to propose a research framework to factor in the weather in different types, and recalculate validated data for one whole year.
- … Why Tropical Passive Houses tested in their entirety perform during certain weather periods, and why during others they do not.
- … How we can set up a “secret” formula to calculate what a tropical “cool” passive green building can do compared to a non-green building.
In this chapter we also provide a platform for all tropical researchers via LinkedIn or blog to come up with their own ideas for joint future publications, where you can participate with your own findings and ideas.
The book does not belong to us or anyone, we can consider it belongs to planet Earth. So if you find any necessary amendments, we are open to adopt changes.
59 pages | 70€
In the heart of the work, not only developers, architects and building engineers, but amateurs will find answers on tropical walls:
- … the difference between thermal mass and lightweight materials in terms of heat resistance during typical hot and cool weather episodes.
- … why lightweight fibre in a real Tropical Passive Home appears to be “better” (more heat rejecting) than cement walls. Fibre in a hybrid integrated in layers is so far the best to make Tropical Triple Green happen.
- … why the best insulation material for exterior and interior walls alike is still natural fibre.
- … how green fibre wall material can be securely protected against fire, mould and influx of animals.
As this chapter is the first on findings, it is also the most comprising one in terms of the testings replicated in the book.
45 pages | 53€
You will find answers on what happens “from above…”
- … lessons from architects of the past: why research can tell that an insulating ceiling plus a ventilated attic are more important heat protectors than an insulated roof.
- … if you have a low rise, which unshaded roof angle is the best to choose from with the least interference of the sun’s scorching heat transmission.
- … what you should consider if you build a low rise to save tremendously with the roof and how you invest best into the insulated ceiling.
41 pages | 49€
This chapter is dedicated to the most vulnerable and expensive element of modern housing: the windows panes plus frames and doors comparing the heat effect of different (green and “red”) windows -totally passive and real without the help of air conditioners.
36 pages | 43€
…the mistake and fallacy to assume theoretical input values of glazing as green building standard and even part of certification tools. Coversely, we propose to look at output IST (inner surface temperatures).
…why even solar protection windows could NOT occur as one of the 7-8 heatshields of the Passive House approach to protect effectively against the tropical radiation.
… why any high WWR (windows-walls-ratio) chosen by the planner is very critical both in uncertified and certified buildings alike- We will ask what alternative is available at hand, <nd point to chapter 4.1.3.1.
- … how traditional shading concepts blended together with smart technology can excel and make a huge difference to what is believed mainstream and no longer part of the common green tropical standards.
- … what we can learn from car and construction site shadings for tropical residential buildings.
- … witness the necessary product development of smart upward shadings especially for residential high rises.
- … how to find the market supply gap of existing shading systems and the near future to enhance business opportunities.
34 pages | 39€
… what floors and ceilings have in common in retaining the heat.
10 pages | 12€
- Why it is only the second best solution to use common architectural values as heat transmission performance indices for green building standards and certification tools.
- … the beauty of calculating the so-called “secret formula” for a green and energy efficient passive house’s cooling load.
about 10 pages
- why the ultimate target point of thermal comfort in an airtight passive building is a dependent variable of all inner surface temperatures (ISTs).
- why and how it is still necessary to get fresh air.
about 20 pages
Professionals and laymen, namely everybody who is concerned with air conditioners will find answers for…
- … what is an AIREA and why these new species of ventilated rooms play a significant role for cooling in a carbon-free or reduced passive tropical building.
- … to enable lower carbon household emissions, how to reconcile natural plus mechanical ventilation with air conditioners.
- … how to create synergies between conventional split units of air conditioners and smart green technology… and maybe including inverters, too..
- … why to dehumidify as the 8th module of PH is still not necessarily the target of a tropical residential comfortable building – unless you would like to live in complete airtightness plus air conditioners.
- … how to find the market supply gap of existing dehumidification systems, those under research and those in the pipeline to enhance business opportunities by a more environment-loyal concept.
- … why cross ventilation is a stark driver not only to appeal to passive house standards as a whole, but as complementary to the usage of many tropical households.
- … why it is not sufficient to attract occupants with cosy thermal comfort, omitting indoor air quality (IAQ).
- … the importance to stay alert how you can measure IAQ in your own homes (and offices).
90 pages | 107€
This is the summary of our research which shows you how economic it is to venture into tropical passive green buildings.
You will find answers for…
- .… for the sustainability of the built environment, why is does not make sense to thrive on double green alone, but we need to include the UN’s idea of Triple Green: “sustainable buildings which are affordable, perform with 80% less carbon and pay off reasonably”.
- …. how passive sustainable buildings that a) contribute to reduce global warming in one’s own walls while b) keeping the interior microcosm cosy and healthy also c) pay off for the owner or occupant?
- …. how long will it then approximately take until the higher CAPEX of the tropical passive residential standard building is weighed out by their comparatively lower OPEX?
- …. What calculation scheme can I use for finding out whether green is more viable than investing into a tropical “red” building
- …. How to reconcile and come up with a link between the existing green building certification tools and Triple Green?
- …. Knowing this last part of the e-book, whether buildings’ shareholders are able and willing to wait for the point in time called ROI (return of investment). IS A QUESTION YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO ANSWER BETTER…
18 pages | 21€
- Wagner K., Abdelnaser OMRAN, The Making of Green Buildings: Viable Pathways to Curb Global Warming in Malaysia. In: International Journal of Engineering, Tome IX (2011), 199-203.
2. Wagner K., Abdelnaser OMRAN, Chances of Practising Recycling in Malaysia. Feasibility Evaluation on the Implementation of latest German PET Recycling Technology. In: International Journal of Engineering, Tome IX (2011).
3. Nor’Aini Yusof, Nazirah Zainul Abidin, Lai Kong Seng, Wagner K., Conceptualising Innovation from the Perspective of the Malaysian Housing Developer. In: World Applied Science Journal. 13 (4): 819-827 (2011).
4. Wagner, K., Abdelnaser Omran & Mohd Nawawi Mohd Nordin, Exploring the Geothermal Potential of West Malaysia for Electricity Generation. Submitted and accepted by International Journal of Engineering, Tome IX (2012).
5. Wagner, K., Snake or Rabbit and Hare or Snail? Challenges and Applicability of Flexible Retention Work Structures during Economic Crises. Submitted and accepted by the 11th International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF). Kuala Lumpur 04/09/2012
6. Wagner, K., The Advent of the 2nd Generation of a Mini Biogas Power Plant. International Workshop on Advances in Biofuel.Kota Kinabalu 27/09/2012.
7. Wagner, K., Exploring the Geothermal Potential in Malaysia for Cooling and Electricity Generation. ILSAS Renewable & Green Energy as Alternative. TNB’s Experience Towards Greener Malaysia. UNITEN, Bangi 22/11/2012.
8. Wagner, K., Reexploring the Geothermal Potential in Malaysia for Cooling and Electricity Generation. SIBR Conference PWTC, 11-13/02/2013.
9. Wagner, K., Tropical Thermal Comfort and Adapted Tropical Green Residential Housing. Conference Affordable Quality Housing.Marriot Hotel Putra Jaya, 11-13/03/13.
10. Wagner, K., Exploring the Geothermal Potential in West Malaysia. International Geothermal Conference (IGC) Freiburg Germany 15-17/05/2013.
11. Wagner, K., Energy Certification in Township and Residential Planning. Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur 22-23/06/2013.
12. Wagner, K., : Generating And Testing The Tropically Adopted Energy Performance Certificate For Residential Buildings. In Proceedings of: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LIVABLE CITIES 2013 (IWLC 2013)A joint conference with International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design 2013 (ICSAUD2013) 2-5/10/2013.
13. Wagner, K., How to achieve Tropical Thermal Comfort in Green & Energy Efficient Residential Buildings. Roof & Façade Asia (01/2014:14)
14. Wagner, K., 10 Recommendations for Adopting Lifestyle in a Green and Energy Efficient Building. In: Roof & Façade Asia (02/2014:14)
15. Selvaraj, H.,Wagner, K.,The Effects of Social Media on Gen Z’s Intention to Select Private Universities in Malaysia. In: SIBR 2014, Proceedings CD02/2014.
16. Wagner, K., In the Wake of Hot Sleeping Beauties – The Exploration of Malaysia’s Geothermal Energy Resources. In: MGCC Perspectives 02/2014: 24
17. Wagner, K., : Generating and Testing the Tropically Adopted Energy Performance Certificate For Residential Buildings. In: LIVABLE CITIES 2013 (IWLC 2013) USM
18. Wagner, K., Snake or Rabbit and Hare or Snail? Challenges and Applicability of Flexible Retention Work Structures during Economic Crises.11th International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF). Kuala Lumpur 04/09/2012.
19. Wagner, K., Hassan, B., Mohd Nawawi,M.D., Wagner, K., Exploring the Geothermal Potential in West Malaysia. In: Malaysiana 2014.
20. Wagner, K., GENERATION OF A TROPICALLY ADAPTED ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. In: Mass Customization and Sustainability in Housing. Londrina, Brazil 2014, 195 – 209
21. Hassan Baioumy, Mohd Nawawi, Karl Wagner, Mohd Hariri Arifin, Geochemistry and Geothermometry of non-volcanic hot springs in West Malaysia. GEOS Conference 09 2014.
22. Wagner, K., „uPVC Windows in a Green & Energy Efficient Building Pilot Study under the challenging South Asian Environment“ during the Architectural Projects Workshop organised by Aluplast in Cebu/ Philippines 27/11 – 01/12/14.
23. Wagner, K., Green & Energy Efficient Buildings Awareness Study in the Klang Valley / Malaysia.Accepted for: Social Science 2014.
24. Wagner, K., GENERATION OF A TROPICALLY ADAPTED ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS.In: Sustainability 6 (2014) 8415–8431 .
25. Wagner, K., NO-BITE Strategy – Experiences and Lessons Learnt from a Dengue Fever Action Research around the Klang Valley.(paper presented at Kuala Lumpur SIBR Conference, Kuala Lumpur 16-17 Feb 2015).
26. Wagner, K., Energy Efficient Building Materials for Facades (paper presented at CIDB / Roof & Facade Conference, Kuala Lumpur 24/03/2015).
27. Wagner, K., Thermal Insulation for Tropical Buildings (paper presented at CIDB / Roof & Facade Conference,Kuala Lumpur 24/03/2015).
28. Wagner, K., Ahmad Marzuki, Feasibility Study of Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as Thermal Insulation for Tropical Green and Energy Efficient Buildings in Malaysia. (paper to be presented at SIBR Society for International Business Research Conference, Osaka 2/7/2015).
29. Mohd Hariri Arifin, Hassan Baioumy, Mohd Nawawi, Karl Wagner, Amen Syahil Title : Hot Springs At West Malaysia: An Update of their Distribution. NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE 2015 GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMME FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN. 31/07 – 01/08/2015.
30. Wagner, K., Outsmarting the Tropical Climate in a Green and Energy-Efficient Home. In: Kuala Lumpur International Business and Social Science Research Conference 2015. Kuala Lumpur 08/08/2015.
31. Wagner, K., The Trial for Tropically Adopted Low Energy Houses: Studies at the TRIPLE GREEN MOCK-UP BUILDING PARK at British Malaysian Institute.The Second ASEAN International Business Conference. Pnom Penh 14-16/09/2015.
32. Wagner Karl, Arese Gabriele, De Marco Alberto, Financial Analysis of Green Mock-Up Buildings in Tropical Emerging Countries. For: ZEMCH 21-23/09/2015.
33. Wagner, K., How to Adopt a Cooler Lifestyle in a Green and Energy Efficient Building. In:
34. Wagner, K., Photovoltaic Energy -PILOT STUDY on their Usage for Malaysian Night Markets. In: SENTC2015, UniKL MFI Bangi 26-27/10/2015.
35. Wagner, K.,Latest Results of the Trial for Tropically Adopted Low Energy Houses: Studies at the TRIPLE GREEN MOCK UP BUILDING PARK at British Malaysian Institute / Kuala Lumpur. International Workshop Livable Cities.USM Penang 01/12/2015.
31. Hasim Altan, Liangxiu Han, Karl Wagner, Jose Luis Gomez Ortega and Akash Deep, Energy Use in Housing.In: Noguchi, M., ZEMCH: Toward the Delivery of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Pg. 175-209.
32. Fresh Air during Haze Days. In: Building 2016, pg. 15-16.
33. Wagner, K. (2016) Brace for the Haze – Healthy Indoor Air Quality via Smog Protection in Perspective.In: Countering Urban Heat Island 4th IC2UHI 2016 Conference Singapore NUS 01/06/2016 (proceedings).
34. Mohd Mawardi Hussain, Wagner K., Decruz A., APPLICATION OF POWER INTERRUPTER (PI) IN CONVENTIONAL AIR-CONDITIONER SPLIT UNITS IN MALAYSIA. Paper presented at Zero Energy Mass Customised Homes (ZEMCH) Conference. Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia (20-23/12/2016)
35. Life of the PI: POWER INTERRUPTER – MONITORING DECENTRALIZED AIR CONDITIONERS TOWARD ZEMCH. Paper presentedat Zero Energy Mass Customised Homes (ZEMCH) Conference. Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia (20-23/12/2016).
36. Wagner, K., Muhamad Ikmalhaziq, Green Business through Paint Heat Reduction by Insulation Coating?Application on a Tropical Mock-Up Building. 4th. UBSMEC 2017 (proceedings), University Kuala Lumpur 17-18/05/2017.
37. Heat Transmission Comparison between a green and red Wall. Results of an Experiment represented by four 3*3m Mock Up Buildings in Kuala Lumpur. Proceedings at first International Conference on Ideation and Innovations in Sustainable Sciences and Technologies, (IISST 17)-FCSIT University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30/6-02/07 2017.
38. “Red-Yellow-Green-Greenest Building-The tropical Adaptation of the Passive House Approach in the Light of Green Certification” International Conference on Architecture, Landscape & Interior Design (ALI 2017). The 3rd NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering. (Proceedings) Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia
15/07/2017.
39. The consequences of the unpredictable Global Cooling on Green Building Strategies in the Tropics 2016 and 2017. Key note address at NZAAR 2018 (International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment Cities, Sustainability and Advanced EngineeringConference). Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia 27/01/2018.
40. The Secret Formula of a Green and Energy Efficient Tropical Building. Paper for 3 Years of R&D: The Way to Build a Triple Green Building. ZEMCH 2018 Melbourne / Australia 30/1/2018..
41. Indoor Air Quality for Rooms in Hotels and Resorts. Paper presented in: Green Talks Iskandar 27/10/2018
42. Global Warming vs. Global Cooling and Consequences for the Creation of conducive Tropical Indoor Air Temperatur. Paper presented at 3rd International Conference on Science & Technology Applications in Climate Change STACLIM / Malacca 14-15/11/2018.
43. Revisiting Smart Tropical Shading – A conceptual Framework based on the Research at the Triple Green Mock-Up Building Park at British Malaysian Institute. WCASET Conference Kuala Lumpur 27/11/2019.
44. Tropically Adapted Passive Building: The Impact of Double Glazing on Windows’ Inner Surface Temperature (IST) Papers accepted to be presented and published at The 10th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Dubai, UAE, March 10-12, 2020 and
45. Revisiting Smart Tropical Shading – A conceptual Framework based on the Research at the Triple Green Mock-Up Building Park at British Malaysian Institute. Papers accepted to be presented and published at The 10th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Dubai, UAE, March 10-12, 2020.
Wagner K., Abdelnaser OMRAN, Chances of Practising Recycling in Malaysia. Feasibility Evaluation on the Implementation of latest German PET Recycling A-2012 01 Plastic Recycling IJHE_Malaysia Technology. In: International Journal of Engineering, Tome IX (2011).
Nor’Aini Yusof, Nazirah Zainul Abidin, Lai Kong Seng, Wagner K., Conceptualising Innovation from the Perspective of the Malaysian Housing Developer. In: World Applied Science Journal. 13 (4): 819-827 (2011).
Abdelnaser Omran, Karl Wagner & Abdelwahab O. Gebril, Study on PET Recycling in the Klang Valley in Malaysia. International Journal of Health Economics (2012)
Wagner, K., Hassan Bahoumi & Mohd Nawawi Mohd Nordin, Exploring the Geothermal Potential of West Malaysia for Electricity Generation. Submitted and accepted by International Journal of Engineering, Tome IX (2012)
Wagner, K., Snake or Rabbit and Hare or Snail? Challenges and Applicability of Flexible Retention Work Structures during Economic Crises. Submitted and accepted by the 11th International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF). Kuala Lumpur 04/09/2012..
Wagner, K., The Advent of the 2nd Generation of a Mini Biogas Power Plant. International Workshop on Advances in Biofuel. Kota Kinabalu 27/09/2012.
Wagner, K., Exploring the Geothermal Potential in Malaysia for Cooling and Electricity Generation. ILSAS Renewable & Green Energy as Alternative. TNB’s Experience Towards Greener Malaysia. UNITEN, Bangi 22/11/2012.
Wagner, K., Reexploring the Geothermal Potential in Malaysia for Cooling and Electricity Generation. SIBR Conference PWTC, 11-13/02/2013.
Wagner, K., Tropical Thermal Comfort and Adapted Tropical Green Residential Housing. Conference Affordable Quality Housing. Marriot Hotel Putra Jaya, 11-13/03/13.
Wagner, K., Exploring the Geothermal Potential in West Malaysia. International Geothermal Conference (IGC) 2013. Freiburg Germany 15-17/05/2013.
Wagner, K., Energy Certification in Township and Residential Planning. Renaissance Hotel Kuala Lumpur 22-23/06/2013.
Wagner, K., : Generating And Testing The Tropically Adopted Energy Performance Certificate For Residential Buildings. In Proceedings of: INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON LIVABLE CITIES 2013 (IWLC 2013) A joint conference with International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design 2013 (ICSAUD2013) 2-5/10/2013.
Wagner, K., Green Building Awareness Study in the Klang Valley / Megalopolis Area Kuala Lumpur. Unpublished Manuscript.
Wagner, K., How to achieve Tropical Thermal Comfort in Green & Energy Efficient Residential Buildings.Roof & Façade Asia (01/2014:14)
Wagner, K., 10 Recommendations for Adopting Lifestyle in a Green and Energy Efficient Building. In: Roof & Façade Asia (02/2014:14)
Selvaraj, H., Wagner, K., The Effects of Social Media on Gen Z’s Intention to Select Private Universities in Malaysia. In: SIBR 2014, Proceedings CD 02/2014.
Wagner, K., In the Wake of Hot Sleeping Beauties – The Exploration of Malaysia’s Geothermal Energy Resources. In: MGCC Perspectives 02/2014: 24
Wagner, K., Snake or Rabbit and Hare or Snail? Challenges and Applicability of Flexible Retention Work Structures during Economic Crises.11th International Entrepreneurship Forum (IEF). Kuala Lumpur 04/09/2012.
Wagner, K., Hassan, B., Mohd Nawawi,M.D., Wagner, K., Exploring the Geothermal Potential in West Malaysia. In: Malaysiana 2014.
Wagner, K., GENERATION OF A TROPICALLY ADAPTED ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATE FOR RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS. In: Mass Customization and Sustainability in Housing. Londrina, Brazil 2014, 195 – 209
Hassan Baioumy, Mohd Nawawi, Karl Wagner, Mohd Hariri Arifin, Geochemistry and Geothermometry of non-volcanic hot springs in West Malaysia. Accepted for GEOS
Wagner, K., Brighten Up Your Life with Photovoltaic Energy -PILOT STUDY on the Usage of PV-Cells Tool Kit for Malaysian Night Markets (12/2014). Unpublished Manuscript.
Wagner, K., „uPVC Windows in a Green & Energy Efficient Building Pilot Study under the Challenging South Asian Environment“ during the Architectural Projects Workshop organised by Aluplast in Cebu/ Philippines 27/11 – 01/12/14.
Wagner, K., Green & Energy Efficient Buildings Awareness Study in the Klang Valley /Malaysia. In: Social Science 2014.
Wagner, K., NO-BITE Strategy – Experiences and Lessons Learnt from a Dengue Fever Action Research around the Klang Valley. (paper presented at Kuala Lumpur SIBR Conference, Kuala Lumpur 16-17 Feb 2015).
Wagner, K., Energy Efficient Building Materials for Facades (paper presented at CIDB /Roof & Facade Conference, Kuala Lumpur 24/03/2015).
Wagner, K., Thermal Insulation for Tropical Buildings(paper presented at CIDB / Roof & Facade Conference, Kuala Lumpur 24/03/2015).
Wagner, K., Ahmad Marzuki, Feasibility Study of Palm Empty Fruit Bunch as Thermal Insulation for Tropical Green and Energy Efficient Buildings in Malaysia. (paper presented at SIBR Society for International Business Research Conference, Osaka 2/7/2015).
Mohd Hariri Arifin, Hassan Baioumy, Mohd Nawawi, Karl Wagner, Amen Syahil Title : Hot Springs At West Malaysia: An Update Of Their Distribution. NATIONAL GEOSCIENCE CONFERENCE 2015 GEOSCIENCE PROGRAMME FACULTY OF EARTH SCIENCE UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA KELANTAN. 31/07 – 01/08/2015.
Wagner, K., Outsmarting the Tropical Climate in a Green and Energy-Efficient Home. In: Kuala Lumpur International Business and Social Science Research Conference 2015. Kuala Lumpur 08/08/2015.
Wagner, K., The Trial for Tropically Adopted Low Energy Houses: Studies at the TRIPLE GREEN MOCK-UP BUILDING PARK at British Malaysian Institute. The Second ASEAN International Business Conference. Pnom Penh 14-16/09/2015.
Wagner Karl, Arese Gabriele, De Marco Alberto, Financial Analysis of Green Mock-Up Buildings in Tropical Emerging Countries. For: ZEMCH 21-23/09/2015.
Wagner, K., Photovoltaic Energy -PILOT STUDY on their Usage for Malaysian Night Markets. In: SENTC2015, UniKL MFI Bangi 26-27/10/2015.
Wagner, K., Latest Results of the Trial for Tropically Adopted Low Energy Houses: Studies at the TRIPLE GREEN MOCK UP BUILDING PARK at British Malaysian Institute / Kuala Lumpur. International Workshop Livable Cities. USM Penang 01/12/2015.
Hasim Altan, Liangxiu Han, Karl Wagner, Jose Luis Gomez Ortega and Akash Deep, Energy Use in Housing.In: Noguchi, M., ZEMCH: Toward the Delivery of Zero Energy Mass Custom Homes. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering. Pg. 175-209.
Fresh Air during Haze Days. In: Building 2016, pg. 15-16.
Wagner, K. (2016) Brace for the Haze – Healthy Indoor Air Quality via Smog Protection in Perspective. In: Countering Urban Heat Island 4th IC2UHI 2016 Conference Singapore. 01/06/2016 (proceedings).
Mohd Mawardi Hussain, Wagner K., Decruz A., APPLICATION OF POWER INTERRUPTER (PI) IN CONVENTIONAL AIR-CONDITIONER SPLIT UNITS IN MALAYSIA. Paper presented at Zero Energy Mass Customised Homes (ZEMCH) Conference. Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia (20-23/12/2016)
with Muhamad Ikmalhaziq, Green Business through Paint Heat Reduction by Insulation Coating?Application on a Tropical Mock-Up Building. 4th. UBSMEC 2017 (proceedings), University Kuala Lumpur 17-18/05/2017.
Wagner, K., Outsmarting the Odds of the Tropical Climate in a Green and Energy-Efficient Home. Paper presented at UBIS Conference 2015. Award for most exceptional Paper.
Heat Transmission Comparison between a green and red Wall. Results of an Experiment represented by four 3*3m Mock Up Buildings in Kuala Lumpur. Proceedings at first International Conference on Ideation and Innovations in Sustainable Sciences and Technologies, (IISST 17)-FCSIT University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 30/6-02/07
“Red-Yellow-Green-Greenest Building-The tropical Adaptation of the Passive House Approach in the Light of Green Certification” International Conference on Architecture, Landscape & Interior Design (ALI 2017). The 3rd NZAAR International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering. (Proceedings) Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia 15/07/2017.
Wagner, K., Power Interrupter – Missing Smart Link to monitor 2 decentralized Air Conditioners toward Mass 3 Customised Homes Energy Saving. For: Energies 2014.
The consequences of the unpredictable Global Cooling on Green Building Strategies in the Tropics 2016 and 2017. Key note address at NZAAR 2018 (International Event Series on Natural and Built Environment, Cities, Sustainability and Advanced Engineering Conference). Kuala Lumpur / Malaysia 27/01/2018.
Anas Bin Mohd Jaffar,,Karl Wagner &Hans Löfflad, THREE KINDS OF ROOF MATERIALS IN MOCK UP BUILDINGS – STUDYOF THEIR EFFECT ON THERMAL COMFORT UNDER MALAYSIAN TROPICAL CLIMATE CONDITIONS
Indoor Air Quality for Rooms in Hotels and Resorts. Paper presented in: Green Talks Iskandar 27/10/2018
The Secret Formula of a Green and Energy Efficient Tropical Building. Paper for 3 Years of R&D: The Way to Build a Triple Green Building. ZEMCH 2018 Melbourne / Australia 30/1/2018..
Wagner, K., Trial for Tropically Low Energy Residential Houses: TRIPLE GREEN Studies. Internal Manuscript.
The Secret Formula of a Green and Energy Efficient Tropical Building. Paper for 3 Years of R&D: The Way to Build a Triple Green Building. ZEMCH 2018 Melbourne / Australia 30/1/2018..
Global Warming vs. Global Cooling and Consequences for the Creation of conducive Tropical Indoor Air Temperature. Paper presented at 3rd International Conference on Science & Technology Applications in Climate Change STACLIM / Malacca 14-15/11/2018.
Revisiting Smart Tropical Shading – A conceptual Framework based on the Research at the Triple Green Mock-Up Building Park at British Malaysian Institute. WCASET Conference Kuala Lumpur 27/11/2019.
Global Warming vs. Global Cooling and Consequences for the Creation of conducive Tropical Indoor Air Temperature. Paper presented at 3rd International Conference on Science & Technology Applications in Climate Change STACLIM / Malacca 14-15/11/2018.
Siti Fatihah Salleh*, Siti Indati Mustapa, Tropically Adapted Passive Building: Performance Comparison between Green and Conventional Red Mock-Up Buildings.In: Global Business and Management Research: An International Journal Vol. X, No. X (2019, Special Issue
Tropically Adapted Passive Building: The Impact of Double Glazing on Windows’ Inner Surface Temperature (IST) Papers accepted presented and published at The 10th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Dubai, UAE, March 10-12, 2020
Revisiting Smart Tropical Shading – A conceptual Framework based on the Research at the Triple Green Mock-Up Building Park at British Malaysian Institute. Papers accepted to be presented at The 10th Annual International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Operations Management. Dubai, UAE, March 10-12, 2020.