[HTML][HTML] A review of sustainable energy access and technologies for healthcare facilities in the Global South

A Franco, M Shaker, D Kalubi, S Hostettler - … Energy Technologies and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Access to reliable, affordable and sustainable energy is essential for improving living
standards, development and economic growth. From a healthcare perspective, energy is a …

A systematic review and meta-analysis of building automation systems

T O'Grady, HY Chong, GM Morrison - Building and Environment, 2021 - Elsevier
The recent rapid development of building automation systems (BAS) implies a need to
identify appropriate technologies for retrofitting into homes and offices without replacing …

Economic and environmental impact of energy saving in healthcare buildings

J García-Sanz-Calcedo, A Al-Kassir, T Yusaf - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
The purpose of this article is to estimate the economic and environmental impacts of energy
consumption derived from healthcare buildings and proposes several energy-saving options …

Prioritization of passive measures for energy optimization designing of sustainable hospitals and health centres

A Balali, A Valipour - Journal of Building Engineering, 2021 - Elsevier
Hospitals and health centres consume a vast amount of energy due to various reasons such
as working hours and using different appliances. As most of the countries are moving …

Principles to define energy key performance indicators for the healthcare sector

A Liu, W Miller, G Crompton… - … Conference on Smart …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Energy is essential to ensure the safe and reliable operation of healthcare facilities. To
evaluate the energy performance of hospitals or aged care facilities, different sets of key …

Analysis on energy efficiency in healthcare buildings

J García-Sanz-Calcedo - Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this paper is to analyze and quantify the average healthcare centres′ energy
behavior and estimate the possibilities of savings through the use of concrete measures to …

Sustainable Design Trends in the Built-Environment Globally and in Egypt: A Literature Review

H Aly, O Abdelaziz - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Buildings consume 30% of the total energy consumption around the globe and 29% of the
energy consumption in Egypt, which in 2022 had a total population of 102 million, out of …

The effectiveness of daylight management in building: A review

A Htet, SR Liana, SY Rani, A Bhaumik - AIP Conference Proceedings, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The global shift towards renewable energy sources has led to the implementation of energy-
saving policies and laws worldwide. In this context, daylighting has emerged as an …

[HTML][HTML] Study of CO2 emissions from energy consumption in Spanish hospitals

J García-Sanz-Calcedo - Vibroengineering Procedia, 2019 - extrica.com
Hospitals generate a high amount of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere
compared with residential and commercial buildings. Therefore, it is necessary to quantify …

Energy Performance of Medium‐sized Healthcare Buildings in Victoria, Australia‐A Case Study

P Rajagopalan, H Elkadi - Journal of Healthcare Engineering, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the energy performance of three medium‐sized healthcare buildings
in Victoria, Australia, that operate only during the daytime. The aim is to provide preliminary …