ผู้ช่วยศาสตราจารย์ ชนิกานต์    ยิ้มประยูร 

Assiatance Professor. Chanikarn Yimprayoon

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“There is increasing energy and environmental awareness in architectural practice all over the world. Today, one definition of “sustainable development” that is widely quoted is “Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”. This can be achieved through the balance of three components. They are social equity, economic growth and the environment.  

During its long lifetime, building functions and form keep changing. Environmental impact occurs mostly during its operation phase. Material selections affect indoor air quality which also effect human health. These make it hard to quantify the exact environmental effect of a building or design options. However, the aim of sustainable architecture is to create building that provide good indoor environmental quality, which are air, light and sound qualities and thermal comfort, while environmental burdens which are energy and resource use, pollution generation during building lifetime are minimized. My research interests focus on building performance evaluations toward sustainable architecture using various tools to achieve the compromised solutions.” 

MBIT Research & Projects:

Study of Thermal Behavior of Opaque Walls with Shading Devices/ Ceramic Coating/ Heat and Light Transfer through Double Glass

From 2004-2007, Ratchot Chompoonich and Chanikarn Yimprayoon coordinated with the Energy Policy and Planning Office of the Ministry of Energy on 3 experimental research projects conducted at the Faculty of Architecture in Kasetsart University. These experimental research projects measured thermal and related performance of various design combinations and monitored them for one year.

Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Steel and Concrete Residential Building Structures in Thailand

This research compares the life cycle assessment results of concrete and steel residential building structures of the same usage area. The study, conducted by Chanikarn Yimprayoon along with MBIT students, found that steel structures are slightly more environmental friendly.

Structural Topology Optimization

Dr. Siradech Surit’s work on optimization is currently being applied in architectural design and building structures. Optimization a mathematical process of finding the best outcome for a given objective while satisfying certain restrictions. Already a robust technique used for minimizing the cost of structural design, Structural Optimization has the potential to be developed to be used as a form suggestion tool for architectural design, forms and topology.