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Improving Sustainability During Hospital Design and Operation

A Multidisciplinary Evaluation Tool

Editors:

  1. Stefano Capolongo

    1. Dept. of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  2. Marta Carla Bottero

    1. Interuniversity Dpt. of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

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  3. Maddalena Buffoli

    1. Dept. of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  4. Emanuele Lettieri

    1. Dept. of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

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  • Presents an effective methodology for identifying shortcomings in a hospital’s overall sustainability and low-cost remedial measures
  • Covers social and economic as well as environmental aspects
  • Includes tables of criteria and indicators for application in an evaluation at the design or operational stage
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Green Energy and Technology (GREEN)

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Table of contents (5 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. Healthcare Sustainability Challenge

    • Stefano Capolongo, Marta Carla Bottero, Emanuele Lettieri, Maddalena Buffoli, Andrea Bellagarda, Matteo Birocchi et al.
    Pages 1-9

  3. Current Scenario Analysis

    • Stefano Capolongo, Maddalena Buffoli, Michela di Noia, Marco Gola, Marco Rostagno
    Pages 11-22

  4. Healthcare Sustainability Evaluation Systems

    • Maddalena Buffoli, Stefano Capolongo, Michela di Noia, Giulia Gherardi, Marco Gola
    Pages 23-29

  5. A Multidisciplinary Sustainability Evaluation System for Operative and In-Design Hospitals

    • Marta Carla Bottero, Maddalena Buffoli, Stefano Capolongo, Elisa Cavagliato, Michela di Noia, Marco Gola et al.
    Pages 31-114

  6. Testing the SustHealth Evaluation System

    • Elisa Cavagliato, Michela di Noia, Giulia Gherardi, Marco Gola, Maria Nickolova, Marco Rostagno et al.
    Pages 115-129
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About this book

This book describes the Sustainable High Quality Healthcare (SustHealth) project, which had the goal of developing an original multidisciplinary evaluation tool that can be applied to assess and improve hospitals’ overall sustainability. The comprehensive nature of the appraisal offered by this tool exceeds the scope of most current rating systems, which typically permit a thorough evaluation of relevant environmental factors when designing a new building but fail to consider social and economic impacts of the design phase or the performance of the hospital’s operational structure in these fields. The multidisciplinary evaluation system was developed, from its very inception through to its testing, by following a scientific experimental method in which a global perspective was constantly maintained, as opposed to a focus only on specific technical issues. Application of the SustHealth rating tool to a currently functioning hospital, or one under design, will identify weaknesses and guide users to potential low-cost short-term solutions and longer-term strategies for improvement.
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Dept. of Architecture, Built environment and Construction engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Stefano Capolongo, Maddalena Buffoli

  • Interuniversity Dpt. of Regional and Urban Studies and Planning, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Marta Carla Bottero

  • Dept. of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy

    Emanuele Lettieri

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Improving Sustainability During Hospital Design and Operation

  • Book Subtitle: A Multidisciplinary Evaluation Tool

  • Editors: Stefano Capolongo, Marta Carla Bottero, Maddalena Buffoli, Emanuele Lettieri

  • Series Title: Green Energy and Technology

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14036-0

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Energy, Energy (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-14035-3Published: 24 March 2015

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38635-5Published: 09 October 2016

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-14036-0Published: 25 February 2015

  • Series ISSN: 1865-3529

  • Series E-ISSN: 1865-3537

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 129

  • Number of Illustrations: 15 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Facility Management, Health Care Management, Health Administration, Energy Systems

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