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Jamal Khodakarami

Jamal Khodakarami

Academic rank: Associate Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8426-645X
Education: PhD.
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Faculty: Engineering
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Research

Title
Thermal comfort in hospitals–A literature review
Type
JournalPaper
Keywords
Thermal comfort; Thermal sensation; Patient; Hospital staff; Iranian hospitals
Year
2012
Journal Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
DOI
Researchers Jamal Khodakarami ، Nazanin Nasrollahi

Abstract

In general, there is a wide range of literature covering the area of thermal comfort, but not a focused literature review of thermal comfort in hospitals has published yet. However, there has been no study on the direct effect of thermal comfort on health. The authors have found a reasonable amount of literature in thermal comfort in hospitals. This paper presents a literature review on thermal comfort in hospitals. From the review, the paper concludes that it is important to undertake original studies in the relationship between thermal comfort conditions and productivity for hospital staff. The study finally concluded that it is important to find some solutions to reconcile the different thermal comfort conditions required by different occupants in hospitals. These solutions could be used whenever patients and the attending caregivers have to stay in one room for a long time compulsorily.