scholarly journals Spatial Distribution of the Nature of Indoor Environmental Quality in Hospital Ward Buildings in Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pontip Stephen Nimlyat ◽  
John James Anumah ◽  
Michael Chijioke Odoala ◽  
Gideon Koyan Benjamin
Keyword(s):  
Spatial Distribution ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Hospital Ward ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality

EMPIRICAL INVESTIGATION OF INDOOR ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (IEQ) PERFORMANCE IN HOSPITAL BUILDINGS IN NIGERIA

2015 ◽  
Vol 77 (14) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pontip Stephen Nimlyat ◽  
Mohd Zin Kandar ◽  
Eka Sediadi
Keyword(s):  
Teaching Hospital ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Sound Intensity ◽  
Building Design ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Hospital Ward ◽  
Intensity Level ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Hospital Building ◽  
Plateau State

This study investigates and summarises the results of physical measurement of the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) in hospital building wards in Plateau State, Nigeria comparing two hospital settings. The results indicate that the mean indoor air temperature in the case study hospital ward buildings exceeded the range of 23-26oC as recommended by international standards. The temperature levels in the teaching hospital ward buildings were relatively lower than what was obtained in the specialist hospital whose ward buildings lack proper ventilation. The amount of daylight requirement on an average were below 300Lux in the specialist hospital whose façade orientation and window-wall-ratio (WWR) could not allow for maximum sunlight penetration, while it was above 300Lux in the teaching hospital. However, the sound intensity level in both hospital ward buildings ranged between 52.7dBA and 71.3dBA. This study therefore recommend that, hospital building design or retrofitting should employed common strategies towards increasing ventilation and daylight with minimal energy consumption.  

130. Indoor Environmental Quality in Six Commercial Office Buildings in the Midwest United States

1999 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Reynolds ◽  
P. Subramanian ◽  
G. Breuer ◽  
M. Stein ◽  
D. Black ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Midwest United States

scholarly journals Indoor Environmental Quality in Dwellings and Lifestyle Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Russian Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (11) ◽  
pp. 5975
Author(s):  
Vladimir Reshetnikov ◽  
Oleg Mitrokhin ◽  
Elena Belova ◽  
Victor Mikhailovsky ◽  
Maria Mikerova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Medical Students ◽  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality ◽  
Lifestyle Behaviors ◽  
Contagious Diseases ◽  
Health Authorities ◽  
Public Health Authorities ◽  
Isolation Index ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak is a public health emergency of international concern, and as a response, public health authorities started enforcing preventive measures like self-isolation and social distancing. The enforcement of isolation has consequences that may affect the lifestyle-related behavior of the general population. Quarantine encompasses a range of strategies that can be used to detain, isolate, or conditionally release individuals or populations infected or exposed to contagious diseases and should be tailored to circumstances. Interestingly, medical students may represent an example of how the COVID-19 pandemic can form new habits and change lifestyle behaviors. We conducted a web-based survey to assess changes in lifestyle-related behavior of self-isolated medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Then we analyzed the sanitary-hygienic regulations of the Russian Federation to determine the requirements for healthy buildings. Results showed that during the pandemic, the enforcement of isolation affects medical students’ lifestyle-related behavior and accompanies an increase in non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and healthy buildings are cutting-edge factors in preventing COVID-19 and NCDs. The Russian sanitary-hygienic regulations support improving this factor with suitable requirements for ventilation, sewage, waste management, and disinfection. Herein, assessing isolation is possible through the hygienic self-isolation index.

scholarly journals Health Assessment and Indoor Environmental Quality in Multiple Romanian Rural Schools

2021 ◽  
Vol 664 (1) ◽  
pp. 012038
Author(s):  
S A Ghita ◽  
T Catalina ◽  
C Lungu
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Quality ◽  
Rural Schools ◽  
Health Assessment ◽  
Indoor Environmental Quality
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