CONTENTS


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3 Foreword 7


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Page 41 27 Are you prepared for climate change? IFHE information


9 Directory of contacts 10 IFHE Leadership


12 Cover story: Powerscout –without knowledge you are powerless


15 A green clinic in the heart of a coal mine


The use of open air, segregated areas and patios that include water features and vegetation has resulted in a clinical space that provides a healthy microclimate, despite being situated next to an open-air coal mine – Ernesto González Nagel


18 Safe water in healthcare premises


The Safe Water in Healthcare Premises guidance document, HTM 04-01, was updated in 2016. The author focuses on what's new – Dr Birgitta Bedford


21 Energy benchmarking and savings potential


Investigation and analysis of energy performance characteristics are important to help identify areas of energy wastage and to develop strategies in efficient energy usage – Khairul Azmy Kamaluddin


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Health facilities are becoming increasingly vulnerable to the negative impacts of climate change, which can disrupt services and care delivery – Kent Waddington


32 International healthcare ventilation strategies


One of the challenges for every country is the requirement for ventilation. The author questions why there are so many differing approaches – Christopher Lash


35 A systems response to managing stresses


Unprecedented technological change is seeing us become increasingly interconnected and dependent on technology for every aspect of our professional and private lives – Richard Look


38 Managing staff location using Smartphones


The authors set out to find a modern solution for position detection of people and objects within a building – Manabu Kawabe


41 Greenhouse gas: global healthcare inventory


This paper proposes a new data-gathering framework to improve the World Health Organization estimate of the impact of greenhouse gases – Troy Savage


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ISSN 2041-3912 IFHE Digest Advisory Panel


YASUSHI NAGASAWA Dr Eng Dip HFP, JIA Past President of International Federation of Hospital Engineering (IFHE). He is also a past president of the Japan Institute of Healthcare Architecture (JIHA).


ANDY WAVELL IEng FIHEEM After a 40 year career in Healthcare and Estate Management Andy is retired. He is involved with both IHEEM and IFHE currently being the IHEEM representative to IFHE Council with responsibility for the IFHE Digest. He is Commissioning Editor for the Digest, Chair of IHEEM’s International Technical Platform as well as a Member of the Membership and Registration Committee, Technical Platform Committee and Journal subcommittee with responsibility for International issues of the Health Estate Journal.


DARRYL PITCHER Second Vice President of the IFHE. CEO for Bethsalem Care and GreenBriars Village, Australia. He has 21 years experience in hospital engineering in the public and private sectors. He is a past president, Institute of Hospital Engineering, Australia. (IHEA).


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