Facilities: Volume 33 Issue 9/10

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Enhancing sustainability through designing for adaptive reuse from the outset: A comparison of adaptSTAR and Adaptive Reuse Potential (ARP) models

Sheila Conejos, Craig Langston, Jim Smith

This paper aims to make the case for the development of an adaptive reuse rating tool targeted to new building design that maximises the embedded adaptive reuse potential of these…

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Assessing the smartness of buildings

David Arditi, Giulio Mangano, Alberto De Marco

This study aims at capturing the perspectives of construction professionals into a classified taxonomy of the various characteristics of smart buildings and at developing an index…

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Optimal office lighting use: a Swedish case study

Pimkamol Maleetipwan-Mattsson, Thorbjörn Laike

The purpose of this paper is to determine the optimal office lighting use with different types of lighting controls to achieve energy savings and provide visual comfort for…

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Flexible design principles: Street furniture design for transforming environments, diverse users, changing needs and dynamic interactions

Kin Wai Michael Siu, Kwun Sing Leo Wong

This paper aims to propose a set of flexible design principles for enhancing the flexibility of street furniture to deal with the diverse and changing urban environment…

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Does effective designing of operation theaters contribute towards staff satisfaction: A cross-sectional study

Arvind Vashishta Rinkoo, Surendra Pratap Singh, Shubhra Mishra, Geeta Vashishta, Hem Chandra, P K Singh

– This study aims to measure the staff satisfaction achieved with regard to the recently furnished modular operation theaters (MOTs).

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Research on nursing unit layouts: an integrative review

Mahbub Rashid

– This paper aims to present an integrative review of the research studies on nursing unit layouts.

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ISSN:

0263-2772

Online date, start – end:

1983

Copyright Holder:

Emerald Publishing Limited

Open Access:

hybrid

Editors:

  • Dr Joseph Lai
  • Dr Sarel Lavy