Creating a better healing environment in Qatari healthcare sector: Exploring the research agenda for the future

Alhorr, Yousef; Arif, Mohammed; Bano, Tabassum; Egbu, Charles; Mazroei, Ahmed; Elsarrag, Esam

doi:10.1016/j.ijsbe.2015.03.007

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“…Many successful modern architects and urban planners, e.g., Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, and Le Corbusier (Fishman 2016) integrate nature with design. Many historical built environment design concepts [such as central courtyards (Alhorr et al 2015; W. Browning, Ryan, and Clancy 2014), Persian gardens and garden cities (Norouzianpour, Rad, and Pishe 2012), and healing gardens that have been included as part of European hospitals and monasteries as far back as the Middle Ages (Velarde, Fry, and Tveit 2007)] are instinctively based on the relationship between nature and human satisfaction. Many of these approaches celebrate rather different aspects of nature from spiritual aspect to physical comfort; however, the biophilic framework focuses mostly on the health and well-being of users.…”

Section: Biophilia Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Architectural Interventions to Mitigate Occupational Stress Among Office Workers

Norouzianpour¹

2020

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Stress is one issue that affects the health and well-being of every building occupant. The negative effects of stress are more pronounced in workplaces, where stress can act as a major agent of disease and an impediment to employee productivity and satisfaction. The underlying causes of occupational stress are varied and include job insecurity, extended hours, excessive workload, altercations within the organization, tight deadlines, changes in responsibilities, and lack of autonomy, among others. One of the factors that can contribute to overall occupational stress is the working environment itself—a factor that can be mitigated by design. While occupational stress may arise from a multiplicity of causes, designers have numerous interventions they can employ to decrease it. The literature on occupational health, well-being, satisfaction, and productivity is broad and multifaceted; however, this paper is limited to exploring stress factors that correlate with the built environment and focuses on employees who are experiencing a high rate of stress in office buildings as the target group. To address these issues, supporting literature was explored to identify environmental interventions that could reduce stress or enhance the stress-coping abilities of workers in offices by improving the environmental quality of the built environment. This article explores the following questions: How does space cause people to experience mental stress? In what ways can the built environment itself be a generator of stress? What are the main environmental factors in offices that can mitigate the stress levels of employees or help them to recover more easily from work-related stress? To answer these questions, it is necessary to understand the causes and mechanisms of chronic stress, including work-related stressors, and to identify the factors in the built environment that can be associated with occupational stress. The present paper is based on concurrent analyses of supporting literature in the rather different fields of architecture, public health, psychology, management, and environmental studies. The outcome is an identified set of practical strategies that provide solutions for healthier and more productive workplaces. By concentrating on measures that can reduce employee stress levels, these strategies can be used as a source for evidence-based workplace designs.

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Section: Biophilia Hypothesismentioning

confidence: 99%

Architectural Interventions to Mitigate Occupational Stress Among Office Workers

Norouzianpour¹

2020

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“…Also, there are many established healthcare regulations available in Europe, the USA, and the UK. Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) is the earliest green building rating system, established in the UK in 1990 (Schweber and Haroglu, 2014;Alhorr et al, 2015). Among BREEAM products, the BREEAM healthcare version was developed for green hospital buildings in 2008 (Ferreira et al, 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

Techno Economic Evaluation and Feasibility Analysis of a Hybrid Net Zero Energy Building in Pakistan: A Case Study of Hospital

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The current study is an economic evaluation and feasibility study of hybrid microgrid Net Zero Energy Buildings in Pakistan. A Net Zero Energy approach is proposed for a two-story hospital building situated in Taxila, Pakistan. Consequently, to design a hybrid Net Zero Energy Building, the solar radiation potential of the subject location and electricity usage of the hospital are estimated. The proposed hybrid microgrid Net Zero Energy Building comprises photovoltaic modules and converters. However, the thermal load is computed as a grid-connected hybrid system. Economic evaluation is performed by using economic indicators of the net present cost and the payback period. Also, initial and operational costs are determined, to determine the profitability of the project. Results show that the analysis is a cost-effective approach and has a payback period of 2.53y. Additionally, the per-unit cost of electricity is reduced to 0.12 USD/kWh. Moreover, the energy produced by a hybrid system is 10.24% more economical than that of the pre-working grid system. Results explain the reduction in the cost of energy and profit margin in electricity generation and the increase in electricity production and feasibility of hybrid Net Zero Energy Buildings in Pakistan. Research will help to develop an approach toward an IEA task 47 in Pakistan with the possible development of simulation-based installations of Net Zero Energy Buildings in the health sector in Pakistan.

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“…BREEAM is the earliest rating system of green buildings and was created in U.K in 1990 [19,20]. Among the BREEAM products, BREEAM Healthcare version was developed in 2008 for green hospital buildings [21]. LEED is another commonly used green building rating system, which was launched by U.S. Green Building Council in 1998 [22][23][24].…”

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Investigation and Evaluation of Energy Consumption Performance for Hospital Buildings in China

2019

Sustainability

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Energy use in hospitals is higher than other public buildings, so it is essential to investigate and evaluate its energy consumption performance to save energy. In this paper, a comprehensive investigation was conducted to study energy consumption of hospitals in China. The investigation results show that electricity use accounts for the maximum share in total energy consumption of hospitals, especially in south China. Improving air conditioning systems is the most direct and effective way for realizing hospital building energy savings. What’s more, a new evaluation system of energy-saving performance for hospital buildings was developed. This evaluation system could evaluate performance of energy use in hospital, find out the weakness of energy use, and provide improving suggestions. Furthermore, a kind of visual software was given by our paper, which can be used intuitively by practitioners to evaluate building energy consumption performance of a hospital.

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Creating a better healing environment in Qatari healthcare sector: Exploring the research agenda for the future

Cited by 3 publications

References 15 publications

Architectural Interventions to Mitigate Occupational Stress Among Office Workers

Architectural Interventions to Mitigate Occupational Stress Among Office Workers

Techno Economic Evaluation and Feasibility Analysis of a Hybrid Net Zero Energy Building in Pakistan: A Case Study of Hospital

Investigation and Evaluation of Energy Consumption Performance for Hospital Buildings in China

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