Thermal comfort in hospital buildings and public spaces

Hospital buildings are required to secure all types of indoor environments according to the diverse needs of patients and employees. Among these requirements, thermal comfort is an important design criterion for the quality of the indoor environment, which affects the recovery processes of patients and the well-being of medical staff, as well as in urban spaces in improving people's health. Thermal comfort is one of the first requirements for the presence of citizens in outdoor spaces. Thermal comfort of patients is a priority due to medical conditions and immune system defects. Thermal comfort and related fields are well covered in many research papers. The aim of this paper is to comprehensively and critically review existing studies of thermal comfort in hospital buildings and public spaces, which provides insights into future research trends. The focus is on influencing factors, field investigations, improved measures and energy savings related to thermal comfort. In the step-by-step simulation process of these fields, in order to achieve an optimal model, three indicators of physical geometry, vegetation and materials were considered. The preliminary result shows that ventilation systems play a key role in maintaining acceptable and thermally comfortable conditions for patients, medical staff and citizens. Measures currently in place to minimize energy consumption are also discussed.

کلیدواژه ها:

Hospital thermal comfort ، public space thermal comfort ، physical geometry ، ventilation system