Facilities: Volume 40 Issue 11/12

The effects of lamp types and surface reflectance combinations on the subjective perception of a simulated lit hospital ward environment

Subarna Roy, Parthasarathi Satvaya

Good illumination creates an aesthetic environment that may positively influence patients’ well-being and provide comfort to the hospital staff. This study aims to focus on…

Impact of improved indoor environment on recovery from COVID-19 infections: a review of literature

Aba Essanowa Afful, Ama Darkwah Darkwah Osei Assibey Antwi, Joshua Ayarkwa, Godwin Kojo Kumi Acquah

This study aims to explore the impact of the indoor environment on recovery from COVID-19 infections. Extant literature on the impact of the four key themes of the indoor…

Developing non-exercise activity thermogenesis (NEAT) through building design

Alastair Thomas Matthew Marsh, Naufan Ashraf Jahja, Fiona Gleed, Oliver Peacock, David Coley, Ricardo Codinhoto

Physical inactivity has a considerable negative impact on health. Physical activity has reduced partly due to workplace and lifestyle changes, causing people to spend more time in…

Creating private and semi public open spaces to achieve social sustainability in residential complexes

Amin Bahador, Cyrus Bavar

The rapid change in the context of urban housing and the spatial organization of contemporary houses caused the alteration and elimination of spaces that met the social needs of…

A facilities management approach to rationalising occupants’ energy behaviours

Achini Shanika Weerasinghe, Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi

This paper aims to investigate building managers’ approach towards occupant energy behaviours and rationalises organisational energy culture concerning their strategy to address…

Challenges to developing smart prisons in the United Arab Emirates

Mohammed Abdulla Aldhaheri, Bo Xia

The smart building concept has gained prominence in the construction sector during the past decade. In the United Arab Emirates, although smart building technology has been widely…