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Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in Hospital Buildings: A Review

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Authors:
Anwer A. Gatea, Mohd Faizal Mohideen Batcha, Juntakan Taweekun

This paper aims to review the state of the art technologies for the energy efficiency within the hospitals sector. Hospitals are liable for an unstable amount of energy demand and joint emissions, because of their 24/7 nature of operation and hence resulting larger energy consumption than a typical commercial building. Additionally, they need high quality and warranted supplies of electricity. Due to increased energy demand and therefore the depletion of existing fossil fuel based sources, it is required to use the energy more efficient.

Decoupling Office Energy Efficiency From Employees' Well-Being and Performance: A Systematic Review

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Authors:
Malgorzata W. Kozusznik, Laurentiu Paul Maricutoiu, José M. Peiró, Delia Mihaela Vîrga, Aida Soriano, Carolina Mateo-Cecilia

Energy efficiency (i.e., the ratio of output of performance to input of energy) in office buildings can reduce energy costs and CO2 emissions, but there are barriers to widespread adoption of energy efficient solutions in offices because they are often perceived as a potential threat to perceived comfort, well-being, and performance of office users. However, the links between offices' energy efficiency and users' performance and well-being through their moderators are neither necessary nor empirically confirmed.

Instrument interactions and relationships in policy mixes: Achieving complementarity in building energy efficiency policies in New York, Sydney and Tokyo

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Authors:
Gregory Trencher,
Jeroen van der Heijden

Cities are crucial sites for achieving socio-technical transitions in technology and infrastructure systems. Raising building energy efficiency (BEE) through new construction or retrofitting holds particular relevance to sustainability transitions since this requires diffusion of new technologies and energy management practices. In pursuit of this, city policymakers around the world are increasingly utilising mixes of multiple policy instruments.

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