Ecological sanitation, organic animal farm, and cogeneration: Closing the loop in achieving sustainable development—A concept study with on-site biogas fueled trigeneration retrofit in a 900-bed university hospital

Taşeli, Başak Kılıç; Kılkış, Birol

doi:10.1016/j.enbuild.2016.07.030

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“…CHP and CHCP systems sometimes were used based on renewable energy sources which are photovoltaics [3], [6], [59], [34], [44], [60], [61], biomass [11], [62], [63], [64], high temperature fuel cell [65], solar thermal collectors [66] and solid oxide fuel cells (SOFCs) [53]. For example, Isa NM et.…”

Section: Alternative Energy Technologies/sources and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Seçkiner¹,

Koc²

2020

Pamukkale J Eng Sci

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Healthcare facilities are one of the main buildings that have great energy consumption. This situation reveals the need for good energy planning and management based on the principles of energy efficiency as well as cost-effectiveness for these facilities. In this context, a literature review, between 2006 and 2018, on energy applications realized for healthcare facilities, such as energy planning, energy management, energy efficiency, selection of alternative energy technologies, using of different energy sources, energy renovation/refurbishment activities have been executed. A Systematic Literature Review (SLR) method was used, where research questions and searching stages were defined. This review study has been conducted on energy and healthcare relevant keywords in the Scopus database. After a thorough analysis of the papers retrieved from the Scopus database, a total of 176 primary articles has been categorized according to their relations with energy efficiency, energy planning, and energy management. In each category, major research issues, findings, and important aspects have been analyzed and reported. With this analyzing, developments in the existing literature have been put forth and potential areas for future research have been suggested. Findings pointed out that energy-related studies for healthcare facilities are between trending topics. For ensuring minimum cost and maximum utility for energy, the articles using the solution methods of operations research and engineering economics regarding alternative energy applications are especially popular. As a solution method for energy problems, Mixed Integer Linear Programming (MILP) is widely used in 20 studies. On the other hand, cogeneration and trigeneration applications, which minimize energy costs and waste energy and are very suitable for large buildings, are the most frequently studied alternative energy applications with 83 articles.

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Section: Alternative Energy Technologies/sources and Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Seçkiner¹,

Koc²

2020

Pamukkale J Eng Sci

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“…With regards to SDG 9, implementing mitigation measures can indirectly promote resilient infrastructure, and sustainable industrialization boosting the economic status of the society and the country (Blignaut et al, 2008;Singh et al, 2018). Furthermore, it could open new possibilities in research on wastewater treatment, biogas production from household and agricultural waste, and biogas plants, thereby leading to innovation and attracting public funding in the sector (Target 9.5) (Makisha, 2016;Taseli and Kilkis, 2016). Methane avoidance projects were shown to improve income at municipality levels, progressively achieving economic growth (Target 10.1) (Yadira, 2019).…”

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Non-Fossil Methane Emissions Mitigation From Agricultural Sector and Its Impact on Sustainable Development Goals

Sirigina

Nazir

2022

Front. Chem. Eng.

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The agriculture sector contributes to ∼40% of methane emissions globally. Methane is also 28 times (Assessment Report 5) more potent greenhouse gas than CO2. In this study, we assess the impact of measures for mitigating methane emissions from the agricultural sector on the achievement of all the 17 United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). A keyword literature review was employed that focused on finding the synergies and trade-offs with non-fossil methane emissions from the agricultural sector and respective SDGs’ targets. The results were in broad consensus with the literature aimed at finding the relationship between SDGs and measures targeting climate change. There is a total of 88 synergies against eight trade-offs from the 126 SDGs’ targets that were assessed. It clearly shows that measures to mitigate methane emissions from the agricultural sector will significantly help in achieving the SDGs. Since agriculture is the primary occupation and the source of income in developing countries, it can further be inferred that methane mitigation measures in developing countries will play a larger role in achieving SDGs. Measures to mitigate methane emissions reduce poverty; diversify the source of income; promote health, equality, education, sanitation, and sustainable development while providing energy and resource security to the future generations.

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“…Among them, environmental pollution and energy consumption problems caused by a hospital building should not be underestimated. The 2018 Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) shows that healthcares' total floorspace accounts for 4% of commercial buildings in the United States but consumes nearly 6% of energy sources [4][5][6]. Energy consumption of the unit building area of hospitals can reach up to 2-3 times than that of other public buildings [7].…”

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BIM-Based Green Hospital Building Performance Pre-Evaluation: A Case Study

Zhan

et al. 2022

Sustainability

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With ecological problems and energy crises intensifying today, greening is essential to sustainable development. Compared with other types of buildings, hospital buildings account for a relatively larger proportion of building energy consumption. In order to realize the rapid cycle optimization of a green hospital project in the design stage and improve the green grade of the building, a pre-evaluation Building Information Model (BIM) of green hospital building performance was established in this study. Firstly, the literature review and expert consultation established the building performance pre-evaluation index system for green hospitals. Then, BIM technology is taken to extract data needed for building a performance pre-evaluation system, and the Cloud Model and the Matter–Element Extension Theory are used to build models. The final green grade calculation is realized in MATLAB. Finally, the Maluan Bay Hospital is taken as an example to test the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed model. The results show that the green hospital building performance pre-evaluation model has advantages of simulation, cyclic optimization and fuzzy quantification, which can effectively guide the design and construction of a green hospital.

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Ecological sanitation, organic animal farm, and cogeneration: Closing the loop in achieving sustainable development—A concept study with on-site biogas fueled trigeneration retrofit in a 900-bed university hospital

Cited by 24 publications

References 16 publications

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Energy Applications and Studies for Healthcare Facilities- A Systematic Review

Non-Fossil Methane Emissions Mitigation From Agricultural Sector and Its Impact on Sustainable Development Goals

BIM-Based Green Hospital Building Performance Pre-Evaluation: A Case Study

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