About Ir. Dr. Muhammad Arkam Bin Che Munaaim

Ir. Dr. Muhammad Arkam Che Munaaim is currently a Senior Lecturer at Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Perlis

He was formerly from School of Environmental Engineering

ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4027-6354

Scopus Author ID: 557190369385

Email: Muhammad Arkam Che Munaaim


Research Interests

Renewable energy

Lightning protection

Building services

Project management


Recent Submissions

  • A review study on the application of the fibre optic daylighting system in Malaysian buildings 

    Muhammad Arkam, Che Munaaim; Karam Mustafa, Al-Obaidi; Mohd Rodzi, Ismail; Abdul Malek, Abdul Rahman (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2014-07-25)
    As a developing country, Malaysia requires innovation to keep abreast of the rapid growth of technology to meet the highly demanding energy consumption. The application of daylighting systems especially by fibre optics is ...
  • Empirical evaluation of the effect of heat gain from fiber optic daylighting system on tropical building interiors 

    Muhammad Arkam, Che Munaaim; Karam Mustafa, Al-Obaidi; Mohd Rodzi, Ismail; Abdul Malek, Abdul Rahman (MDPI Open Access Publishing, 2014)
    A fiber optic daylighting system is an evolving technology for transporting illumination from sunlight into building interiors. This system is a solution developed by daylighting designers to reduce operational costs and ...
  • The behavior of internal humidity from fibre optic daylighting system application 

    Muhammad Arkam, Che Munaaim; Karam Mustafa, Al-Obaidi; Mohd Rodzi, Ismail; Abdul Malek, Abdul Rahman (Penerbit Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 2015-08-25)
    Electrical lighting consumed 13% to 43% from overall energy which considered as second major usage of electrical energy in a building. Fibre optic daylighting is a potential approach for the remote source daylighting which ...
  • Feasibility study on solar power plant utility grid under Malaysia feed-in tariff 

    Mohamad Pauzi, Kassim; Karam Mustafa, Al-Obaidi; Muhammad Arkam, Che Munaaim; Abd Mokhti, Salleh (Science Publications, 2015-05-27)
    In Perlis, Northern Malaysia, a solar power plant with an energy capacity of 5 MWp began selling energy to Tenaga Nasional Berhad in January 2013. Upon obtaining Feed-in Tariff approval from the Sustainable Energy Department ...