Lighting is one of the key elements in any space and building infrastructure. Good design for an area in the building requires sufficient light that contributes to the efficiency of the activities. The correct method allows natural light to transmit, reduce heat and glare in providing a conducive learning environment. Light plays a significant influence to the quality of space and contributes focus of the students in an architecture studio. Previous research has shown that the effect of light also controlled emotions, behavior, and mood of the students. The operations of artificial lighting that have been used most of the time in an architecture studio during day and night may create lavishness and inadequacy at the same time. Therefore, this paper focuses on the identifying the quality of light for the architecture studio in UiTM (Perak), to instill a creative learning environment. Several methodologies adopted in this study such as illuminance level measurement using lux meter (LM-8100), and a questionnaire survey in gauging the lighting comfort level from students’ perspective. The study revealed that the illuminance level in the architecture studio is insufficient and not in the acceptable range stated in the Malaysian: Standards 1525:2007 and  not evenly distributed.  The study also concluded that the current studio environment is not condusive and appears monotonous.

Architects and building owners are now focusing on how to make their buildings green. Many green councils around the world are currently experimenting with ingenious ways of introducing new energy-efficient buildings. They also implemented various principles and indicators to recognize buildings that contribute to sustainability, efficiency, and improve occupants' health. The paper aims to review the aspects and requirements that the Green Building Councils have recommended. This paper looks at seven of the rating systems available in terms of similarities and differences and presents new rigorous criteria for daylight performance and visual comfort. Keywords: Daylighting, Visual Comfort, Passive Design Strategy, Rating Tools. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2020. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v5i15.2492.

Woman participation in mosque is allowable although it is non-compulsory in Islam. For some other culture, this may seem at awe thus leads to the ignorance towards the design quality of the women’s praying area in the mosque.  In Malaysia, besides for the main purpose of praying, woman participation in mosque for community, and educational activities is a common scenario. Never the less, it is identifiable in some mosques that the design sensitivity of the women praying area are still questionable. This research examines the space provision and the privacy issues of the woman’s praying area of Masjid Raja Haji Fii-sabilillah, Cyberjaya. The objectives of this paper is to investigate the space provision and spatial quality of the women praying quarters of the studied mosque. Due to its exploratory nature, qualitative methods were employed through observation of the case study and analytical analysis of the mosque layout. Data collected are analysed in order to derive on the planning and design quality of the women praying area of the mosque. The findings indicate that the praying area of the mosque is of the insensitive state towards women in terms that of it lacks of privacy through the screening material selection and accessible route from the ablution area to the praying hall.