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Page 31 Foreword IFHE information
9 Directory of contacts 10 IFHE leadership 12 25th IFHE Congress
14 Cover story: Reduce the cost of periodic inspection and testing with a proven healthcare monitoring system
17 Integrating innovation to drive opportunity
Echuca Hospital in Australia, has been designed to be patient focused and staff friendly and uses solid engineering principles – Mark Hooper
22 Designing for changing technologies
The Centre for Oncology and Hematology at the Reggio Emilia Hospital (CORE) hosts the Scientific Research Hospital for Advanced Technologies and Healthcare Protocols in Oncology – Tiziano Binini
27 Managing water supply during drought
Southern Africa is experiencing the worst drought in 104 years and water demand is expected to outstrip supply by 2025 – Francois Bester
31 How design can improve outcomes
Hospitals are functional buildings and an interior architect should never lose sight of the practical requirements of the space – Velimira Drummer
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Page 38 34 Improving efficiency to reduce energy costs
Since the changes to the infrastructure of the boiler house and steam lines, coal consumption has been reduced by 48 per cent at Groote Schuur Hospital in Western Cape, South Africa – Denton Smith
38 Sustainable architecture in the mountains
The experience of working in a high mountainous area in the north west region of the province of Tucuman in Agentina – Mónica Beatriz Cabral
40 Role of microgrids in the healthcare sector
Microgrids are gaining attention across the energy sector and should be viewed as one of many potentially effective energy management systems – Seth Francis
44 Designing for those with Alzheimer’s
Healthcare buildings should be fit for purpose; that is to enable healthcare and related therapeutic activities to be carried out – Mariana Irigoyen
46 Water use to reduce operating costs
As water becomes increasingly scarce, the need to educate our peers within the healthcare community about the importance of the water- energy nexus grows – Thinusha Param
48 The role of the engineering manager
Forum DACH set itself the task of creating a document to frame the professional profile of the hospital engineer – Detlef Mostler
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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 and is currently the IHEEM representative to IFHE Council with responsibility for the IFHE Digest. He is commissioning editor for the Digest and a member 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.
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