ES Dissertation Titles 2015-1998 - University of Edinburgh.
Enhancing Environmental Sustainability of Healthcare Facilities: A System Dynamics Approach ii Abstract Due to the limited studies related to healthcare services future expanding demand, required resources and utilities, and related environmental and economic challenges; this research is carried out to complement other researchers in other economic sectors to identify the gaps, highlight good.
Sustainability of existing healthcare facilities 1197 Therefore, a range of tools and guidance documents have emerged which attempt to help design and project teams to deliver better healthcare facilities, by perhaps offering design guidelines, standards or environmental assessment methods. Figure 2.
Healthcare projects face multiple obstacles in achieving sustainability. This paper aims to provide information regarding the energy consumption of healthcare facilities, to identify barriers to sustainability and to suggest methods to improve the effectiveness of these buildings.,This study investigates sustainability in healthcare buildings by examining national databases about energy use.
Sustainable healthcare is achievable now, at (relatively) little cost and with existing knowledge. (The cost of one MRI machine would fund a community health effort for 2 years.) This does not discount the many very sick people who need and benefit from the existing system. It does say however that many of them should never have gotten so sick and many could be much healthier thus greatly.
The fiscal sustainability of healthcare systems has become a matter of concern in recent European Union (EU) debates, considering the ever increasing need for adequate healthcare determined by factors such as aging population, investments in technology and infrastructure, medical products and wages. Our paper seeks to measure the health system performances of the EU countries by building up a.
March 17, 2017 — Mercury used to be commonplace in a variety of products used in health care settings, including thermometers, cleaning agents and electronic devices, such as fluorescent lamps and computer equipment. Mercury is a dangerous toxin that can be harmful to humans, including to the brain and kidneys. It can be absorbed through cuts and abrasions in the skin.
This dissertation consists of six chapters in which main subjects about environmental sustainability are outlined and analysed. This dissertation starts with the execute summary in which the whole dissertation is explained briefly. First chapter is Introduction where the aims and objectives, background as well as the structure of this study are described which give a main scenario in this.