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Sustainable Design of Smart Health Facilities in Seismically Prone Areas
Safety ofhealth facilities (hospitals) is only partially related to the performance ofprimary structural members. Modern seismic codes provide strict requirements toboth structural and non-structural components, since the latterare alsocritical to ensure that the system remains fully operational in the case offrequent earthquakes. Thus, performance and safety checks apply also to electro-mechanicaland medical equipment,elevators, tanks, power supply systems, distributionsystems, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems.In the present paperattention is focusedon the analysis of the factors which make health facilities vulnerable and onthe issues related to a rational and objective assessment of performance andhealth state of structural and non-structural components. This is not a trivialtask, since functions and resilience of the system as a whole depend also onthe ability of inspectors and managers to integrate theoretical evaluationswith field measurements and their physical meaning.In this context, strategies and recommendations for a sustainableimplementation of Smart Health Facilities, which fulfilAtoE characteristics (Accuracy, Budget compliance, Computational burden,Durability, Ease of use)on a long term basis, are discussed, taking into account the specific requirementsand characteristics of the different subsystems in a hospital.
Sustainable Design of Smart Health Facilities in Seismically Prone Areas
Safety ofhealth facilities (hospitals) is only partially related to the performance ofprimary structural members. Modern seismic codes provide strict requirements toboth structural and non-structural components, since the latterare alsocritical to ensure that the system remains fully operational in the case offrequent earthquakes. Thus, performance and safety checks apply also to electro-mechanicaland medical equipment,elevators, tanks, power supply systems, distributionsystems, heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems.In the present paperattention is focusedon the analysis of the factors which make health facilities vulnerable and onthe issues related to a rational and objective assessment of performance andhealth state of structural and non-structural components. This is not a trivialtask, since functions and resilience of the system as a whole depend also onthe ability of inspectors and managers to integrate theoretical evaluationswith field measurements and their physical meaning.In this context, strategies and recommendations for a sustainableimplementation of Smart Health Facilities, which fulfilAtoE characteristics (Accuracy, Budget compliance, Computational burden,Durability, Ease of use)on a long term basis, are discussed, taking into account the specific requirementsand characteristics of the different subsystems in a hospital.
Sustainable Design of Smart Health Facilities in Seismically Prone Areas
Key Engineering Materials ; 569-570 ; 278-285
2013-07-31
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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