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    @JournalArticle {2345,
    	title = {Strategy for the incorporation of specific environmental, social and economic impacts in a Healthcare Building Sustainable Assessment (HBSA) method},
    	journal = {Revista H{\'a}bitat Sustentable},
    	volume = {V. 6},
    	year = {2016},
    	note = {

    Castro M.F., Mateus R., and Bragan{\c c}a L. {\textquotedblleft}Strategy for the incorporation of specific environmental, social and economic impacts in a Healthcare Building Sustainable Assessment (HBSA) method{\textquotedblright}. Revista H{\'a}bitat Sustentable, Vol. 6, N{\textordmasculine}1, June 2016, ISSN 0719-0700

    }, month = {2016-06-01 00:00:00}, pages = {26-37}, edition = {N. 1}, abstract = {

    The design of a hospital environment involves many concerns related to the satisfaction and well-being of the medical personnel, patients, and administrators, and at the same time requires strong social responsibility and has a high impact on a city. Currently, it seems that the majority of this type of building is not designed or used in a sustainable way, although some tools have already been developed to support decision-making to optimize building sustainability. Based on this context, the aim of this article is to discuss the barriers to the dissemination of sustainable practices in healthcare buildings, and to propose the structure of a methodology that facilitates the incorporation of sustainability principles during the different life-cycle stages of a hospital building while overcoming some of the identified barriers. The structure presented is oriented to the Portuguese context and is based on the work done to date by the ISO and CEN organizations and other international sustainability assessment schemes already available on the market.

    }, keywords = {Assessment methods, HBSA method, Healthcare buildings, Hospitals, Sustainability}, issn = {0719-0700}, url = {http://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/RHS/article/view/2330}, author = {Castro, M. F. and Mateus, R. and Bragan{\c c}a, L.} }

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    The Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction (CTAC) is a research unit of the School of Engineering of University of Minho (UMinho), recognised by the “FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia” (Foundation for Science and Technology), associated to the Department of Civil Engineering (DEC), with whom it shares resources and namely human resources.

    Currently CTAC aggregates 25 researchers holding a PhD of which 20 are faculty professors of the Civil Engineering Department. Read more


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