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Impact of morphological and functional features on hospitals energy consumption: A comparative analysis of six case studies M. COCCAGNA 1, S. CESARI 2, P. VALDISERRI 3, P. ROMIO 4, S. MAZZACANE 1 1 CIAS Research Center for pollution control in high sterility rooms, Department of Architecture University of Ferrara via Saragat 13, 44122 Ferrara, ITALY 2 Department of Architecture University of Ferrara via della Ghiara 36, 44121 Ferrara, ITALY 3 Department of Industrial Engineering University of Bologna Viale Risorgimento 2, 40136 Bologna, ITALY 4 AUSL Bologna Via Castiglione 29, 40124 Bologna, ITALY Abstract: - Due to their 24/7 operation and having to meet strict mandatory requirements for indoor air quality and sterility [1-3], hospitals are among the most energy-intensive facilities [4], thus significantly contributing to greenhouse gas emissions [5]. Even more alarming, however, is that while the steady evolution in healthcare delivery requires the continuous remodelling of the spaces in operative structures, involving both architectural-distributive aspects and building plant systems and therefore underlining the need of forecasting the changing hospital energy needs - energy analyses are still rarely based on departmental level, thus hospital energy consumption by space type remains largely unexplained.

Impact of morphological and functional features . on hospitals’ energy consumption: A comparative analysis of six case studies . M. COCCAGNA 1, S. CESARI 2, P. VALDISERRI 3, P. ROMIO 4, S. MAZZACANE 1

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