Energy performance and indoor airflow analysis of a healthcare ward designed with resource conservation objectives.

ABSTRACT: With the outbreak of COVID-19, the urgency of wide-scale healthcare infrastructure development has been felt globally for human survival. To accommodate a large infected population, copious wards are to be built within the prevalent constraints of land, power and material availability. This study designs a two-bed modular healthcare ward which is shrunk in size to minimize the requirement of space and other construction commodities such as materials, labour and power. Additionally, HVAC energy usage is accounted for conservation. The health safety and thermal comfort of occupants are regulated by monitoring indoor environment attributes while pushing towards a resource-efficient structure. Two popular envelope thermal retrofits viz. phase change material and thermal insulation are tested t

SUBMITTER: Saikia P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8438806 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature