Survey Evaluation of the Indoor Environment Quality in a Large Romanian Hospital

The medical units represent a challenge for the building services engineers who are often put in difficulty to ensure the indoor optimal conditions. The destination variety of the indoor environment in such buildings and the different internal thermal loads lead to discomfort zones, for all involved...

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Published in:INCAS bulletin 2013-09, Vol.5 (3), p.45-52
Main Authors: Croitoru, Cristiana, Vartires, Andreea, Bode, Florin, Dogeanu, Angel
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
field survey
healthcare facility
indoor environment quality
indoor perceived comfort
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Summary:The medical units represent a challenge for the building services engineers who are often put in difficulty to ensure the indoor optimal conditions. The destination variety of the indoor environment in such buildings and the different internal thermal loads lead to discomfort zones, for all involved users. The requirements imposed by standards lead often to dissatisfaction for the users: while some of the medical staff asks for low temperatures, others feel discomfort and often the patients have thermoregulatory problems due to this non-homogeneity of thermal conditions found. Medical and non-medical team participated in this study, regarding the indoor quality from different work-zones of this hospital. The results have shown high differences from one zone to another and more of that, high differences between the categories of personnel. Uncomfortable thermal sensations, lack of fresh air and important level of polluted air, noise or lack of space are just some of the problems met in hospital environment.
ISSN:2066-8201
2247-4528
DOI:10.13111/2066-8201.2013.5.3.5