The influence of hospital ward design on resilience to heat waves: An exploration using distributed lag models

Energy and Buildings

Volumn 86, Issue , 2015, Pages 573-588

  Iddon, C R ^a,b   Mills, T C ^c   Giridharan, R ^d   Lomas, K J ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b SE Controls Lancaster House ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distributed lag models; Forecasting; Heatwave; Hospitals; Overheating risk; Prediction; Resilliance; Thermal modelling

Indexed keywords

CLIMATOLOGY; FORECASTING; MODULAR CONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUN;

DISTRIBUTED LAG MODELS; EXTERNAL TEMPERATURE; HEATWAVE; INTERNAL TEMPERATURE; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICES; RESILLIANCE; THERMAL MODELLING; TRADITIONAL MASONRIES;

HOSPITALS;

EID: 84911912029     PISSN: 03787788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enbuild.2014.09.053     Document Type: Article

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