Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine.
The quality of the healthcare in intensive care unit (ICU) is directly influenced by its design. Daylight and access to the outside views are key factors to improve the healing environment for patients and working conditions for healthcare providers. In addition, augmenting the use of natural light...
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| author | Deema Amleh Abdelrahman Halawani Muhannad Haj Hussein |
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| description | The quality of the healthcare in intensive care unit (ICU) is directly influenced by its design. Daylight and access to the outside views are key factors to improve the healing environment for patients and working conditions for healthcare providers. In addition, augmenting the use of natural light not only helps with sustainable solutions, but also reduces energy costs. Beside the geographic location, natural lighting in any space is affected mainly by five parameters: window orientation, window level, window to wall ratio, walls light reflectance and the used shading device. This study aims to optimize these parameters using DesignBuilder software to achieve the optimal daylighting while minimizing the heating and cooling loads without restricting patients’ access to view. The results show that the South was the optimum orientation. 2.5 m was the optimum window lintel level height. Furthermore, the shading device’s type and depth differed according to window orientation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5583879d39d8462b9c71c662f97417f22023-02-23T04:31:07ZengElsevierAin Shams Engineering Journal2090-44792023-03-01142101868Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine.Deema Amleh0Abdelrahman Halawani1Muhannad Haj Hussein2Architectural Engineering Department, Palestine Polytechnic University, P.O. Box 198, Hebron, PalestineArchitectural Engineering Department, Palestine Polytechnic University, P.O. Box 198, Hebron, PalestineBuilding Engineering Department, An-Najah National University, P.O. Box 7, Nablus 007, Palestine; Corresponding author.The quality of the healthcare in intensive care unit (ICU) is directly influenced by its design. Daylight and access to the outside views are key factors to improve the healing environment for patients and working conditions for healthcare providers. In addition, augmenting the use of natural light not only helps with sustainable solutions, but also reduces energy costs. Beside the geographic location, natural lighting in any space is affected mainly by five parameters: window orientation, window level, window to wall ratio, walls light reflectance and the used shading device. This study aims to optimize these parameters using DesignBuilder software to achieve the optimal daylighting while minimizing the heating and cooling loads without restricting patients’ access to view. The results show that the South was the optimum orientation. 2.5 m was the optimum window lintel level height. Furthermore, the shading device’s type and depth differed according to window orientation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447922001794Healing environmentOptimizationDaylightAccess to viewSimulationPalestine |
| spellingShingle | Deema Amleh Abdelrahman Halawani Muhannad Haj Hussein Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine. Ain Shams Engineering Journal Healing environment Optimization Daylight Access to view Simulation Palestine |
| title | Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine. |
| title_full | Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine. |
| title_fullStr | Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine. |
| title_short | Simulation-Based Study for Healing environment in intensive care units: enhancing daylight and access to view, optimizing an ICU room in temperate climate, the case study of Palestine. |
| title_sort | simulation based study for healing environment in intensive care units enhancing daylight and access to view optimizing an icu room in temperate climate the case study of palestine |
| topic | Healing environment Optimization Daylight Access to view Simulation Palestine |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090447922001794 |
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