Sustainable Community Sanitation for a Rural Hospital in Haiti

Meegoda, Jay N.; Hsieh, Hsin-Neng; Rodriguez, P.; Jawidzik, Jason

doi:10.3390/su4123362

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“…Energy saving awareness can contribute to the implementation of environmentally sustainable development (Alola et al [6]; Meegoda et al [51]). According to Yao et al ( [68]), EA is an important facet that can shape behaviors such as carbon emission and/or usage of pro-environmental cars.…”

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Impact of energy management systems, pro-environmental energy consumption, and awareness on performance outcomes: a serial mediated-moderated modeling with PLS-SEM

Halis

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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Energy consumption efficiency is gaining momentum due to climate change, increased carbon emissions by firms, and paucity of fossil fuels. Energy management systems (EMS) and environmental awareness came into the spotlight few decades ago and are said to improve energy efficiency of firms. The purpose of this paper is to unveil the association and serial mediation between EMS and firm performance through pro-environmental energy consumption (PEC) and pro-environmental energy consumption performance (PECP), and the moderating role of environmental awareness (EA). The obtained data from industrial Turkish firms (n = 189) were analyzed using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) technique. Results revealed that (1) EMS exerts a significant impact on PEC, (2) EMS impact on PECP is not significant, (3) PEC exerts a significant impact on PECP, (4) PECP exerts a significant impact on firm performance, (5) PEC and PECP serially mediated the association between EMS and firm performance, and (6) EA moderated the association between EMS and PECP, such that the association became stronger when EA is high compare to when it is low. Implications for theory and practice are discussed alongside future research directions.

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Impact of energy management systems, pro-environmental energy consumption, and awareness on performance outcomes: a serial mediated-moderated modeling with PLS-SEM

Halis

2021

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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“…This thesis has used these recommended sets of schedules to improve the accuracy of the simulation. laboratories" as mentioned in [14]. A biomedical laboratory design guideline specifies the architectural, mechanical, renewable, and plumbing requirements to maintain the quality of work and safety of occupants in biomedical laboratories as described in .…”

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Integrating Renewable Energy Storage with Solar, Including Micro-Grid Functionality in Modern Healthcare Buildings

2022

ECS Trans.

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This research focuses on three major Turkish hospitals case studies to demonstrate how input parameters for renewable energy internal load and temperature control patterns influence the accuracy of annual energy simulation results for healthcare buildings using micro-grid lines. The three cases studies include: The Central Hospital Istanbul and the Medicana International Hospital Building, both part of the state hospitals, and the Koc Hospital Istanbul Building. These specific case studies are selected to represent three different types of buildings with enhancing energy capacity with renewable energy (solar and wind). The Koc Hospital Istanbul is an example of a new certified building. The Central Hospital Istanbul provides an example of a small retrofit project, and the Medicana International Hospital is an example of a building that has gone through major retrofitting for energy management. This research uses MATLAB, an interface of MATLAB to simulate all case studies for renewable energy generation with micro-grid lines. The program offers the option to model the building with simple or detailed HVAC systems. It has built-in templates for renewable energy management, weather data, typical loads, and schedules. For renewable energy, the modified model achieved a lower accuracy in heating energy than in renewability. However, it is still a substantial improvement over the default model.

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“…Technology has an important role to play in harnessing local energy resources, which could include wind, solar or hydroelectric. Energy production at the local level of health systems has some interesting precedents, notably in the use of biogas systems both to safely process hospital and human waste and generate methane gas for on-site use as fuel [ 44 , 45 ]. In such systems, organic waste and latrine outputs are mixed in an airtight digester, where they are broken down by anaerobic bacteria.…”

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Localization of health systems in low- and middle-income countries in response to long-term increases in energy prices

Dalglish

Poulsen

Winch

2013

Globalization and Health

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External challenges to health systems, such as those caused by global economic, social and environmental changes, have received little attention in recent debates on health systems’ performance in low-and middle-income countries (LMICs). One such challenge in coming years will be increasing prices for petroleum-based products as production from conventional petroleum reserves peaks and demand steadily increases in rapidly-growing LMICs. Health systems are significant consumers of fossil fuels in the form of petroleum-based medical supplies; transportation of goods, personnel and patients; and fuel for lighting, heating, cooling and medical equipment. Long-term increases in petroleum prices in the global market will have potentially devastating effects on health sectors in LMICs who already struggle to deliver services to remote parts of their catchment areas. We propose the concept of “localization,” originating in the environmental sustainability literature, as one element of response to these challenges. Localization assigns people at the local level a greater role in the production of goods and services, thereby decreasing reliance on fossil fuels and other external inputs. Effective localization will require changes to governance structures within the health sector in LMICs, empowering local communities to participate in their own health in ways that have remained elusive since this goal was first put forth in the Alma-Ata Declaration on Primary Health Care in 1978. Experiences with decentralization policies in the decades following Alma-Ata offer lessons on defining roles and responsibilities, building capacity at the local level, and designing appropriate policies to target inequities, all of which can guide health systems to adapt to a changing environmental and energy landscape.

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Sustainable Community Sanitation for a Rural Hospital in Haiti

Cited by 9 publications

References 4 publications

Impact of energy management systems, pro-environmental energy consumption, and awareness on performance outcomes: a serial mediated-moderated modeling with PLS-SEM

Impact of energy management systems, pro-environmental energy consumption, and awareness on performance outcomes: a serial mediated-moderated modeling with PLS-SEM

Integrating Renewable Energy Storage with Solar, Including Micro-Grid Functionality in Modern Healthcare Buildings

Localization of health systems in low- and middle-income countries in response to long-term increases in energy prices

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