The air flow within a room, the interchange of air between rooms and the interchange of air between a building and the exterior are topics which until today have received little attention by researchers.
The fifth of six booklets designed as a guide for energy management in hospitals. It considers the auxiliary systems which are generally present in hospitals such as: hospital medical equipment, laundry, kitchen sterilization. A description of all systems considered is reported, with indication of amount of energy required in each case.
The fourth of six booklets designed as a guide for energy management in hospitals. It aims to give practical assistance to the technical hospital staff, with the intent to reduce electricity cost, describing possibilities for an efficient and cost-saving use of energy in hospitals.
The third of six booklets designed as a guide for energy management in hospitals. It focuses on the requirements of the various zones of a hospital, and how they can be met in an energy efficient way, by means of heating, ventilating, air conditioning systems.
The second of six booklets designed as a guide for energy management in hospitals. Its main objectives are to provide a sound basis for the approach of thermal energy management, including both heat and cold generation; it is divided into three main parts: heat generation, heat distribution, coldgeneration and distribution.