CONTENTS
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3 Foreword: President 5 Foreword: Outgoing President 9 IFHE information
11 Directory of contacts
12 IFHE leadership 14 IFHE Congress 2022 Review 17 IFHE Congress 2024 Preview
19 Cover story: Installing advanced and forward-looking electrical systems
22 Common language for new facility design
When it comes to healthcare planning, a common language background based on acuity and system wide economic modelling is key – Pete Sellars & Paul Fenton
26 Decarbonising Malaysian healthcare facilities
A discussion of the advancement of sustainability programmes to reduce carbon emissions as part of a move towards more sustainable practices and lifestyles – Khairul Kamaluddin et al
30 Challenge for women in healthcare engineering
The president of the SIAIS discusses how girls and women can be encouraged to enter and remain in the healthcare sector – Daniela Pedrini
36 Real-time AI control of medical gas systems
AI systems can achieve optimum performance of medical air plants with power efficiency optimised by predictive control – Gaoyong Luo
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Page47 39 Technology embraces healthcare amid crisis
A peer review conducted with NVTG members on how they could best contribute proactively to the reduction of COVID infections in hospitals during a pandemic – NVTG
43 Navigating the road to net-zero CO2 emissions
An analysis by a non-profit healthcare provider of how the twin aims of providing healthcare and pursuing a carbon neutral policy can be reconciled in a sustainable way – Albin Knauder et al
47 New ventilation for residential care centres
The pandemic has highlighted the importance of ventilation to a healthy environment. Karolien Selhorst speaks to Dutch working group about this critical topic – Karolien Selhorst
50 Urban hospital healthcare COVID solutions
The president of the HEAJ discusses low-budget solutions for the integration of existing functions in urban hospitals for the purposes of infection control – Hiroshi Yasuhara
53 Delivering cleanroom environment adds value
The challenge of ‘on budget/on time’ delivery is a demanding target but early engagement from in- house multidisciplinary teams helps mitigate risk for such complex and critical projects – Paul Marsh
56 Importance of hospital ventilation hygiene
The NAADUK explains the importance of placing hospital ventilation at the centre of a hospital’s testing, inspection, and maintenance regime – John Cousins
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ISSN 2041-3912 IFHE Digest Advisory Panel
ANDY WAVELL IEng FIHEEM After 40 years working in healthcare estates and facilities management, Andy is now retired. However, he remains involved with both the Institute of Healthcare Engineering and Estate Management (IHEEM) and the International Federation of Healthcare Engineering (IFHE), being Commissioning Editor of the IFHE Digest, retaining an ex officio role with the IFHE Exco, and as a member of IHEEM’s Health Estates Journal committee with responsibility for international issues as well as the Membership Committee.
DARRYL PITCHER Past president of the IFHE, CEO for Bethsalem Care and GreenBriars Village, Australia, Darryl has many years’ experience in hospital engineering in the public and private sectors. He is a past president of the Institute of Hospital Engineering, Australia (IHEA).
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