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BIM Integrated LCA for Promoting Circular Economy towards Sustainable Construction: An Analytical Review
Xue, Kai; Hossain, Uzzal; Liu, Meng; Ma, Mingjun; Zhang, Yizhi; Hu, Mengqiang; Chen, Xiaoyi; Cao, Guangyu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Sustainable construction is widely regarded as one of the best decisions to reduce the environmental impact of the buildings. Numerous scientific efforts have been devoted to promoting sustainability by adopting different ... -
Experimental study on the effect of exhaust airflows on the surgical environment in an operating room with mixing ventilation
Xue, Kai; Cao, Guangyu; Liu, Meng; Zhang, Yixian; Pedersen, Christoffer; Mathisen, Hans Martin; Stenstad, Liv Inger; Skogås, Jan Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Due to the requirements of indoor environment parameters, including temperature, humidity, air speed and indoor quality, the design of the surgical environment is a very complex task. However, with limited studies on the ... -
The impact of air change rate on the air quality of surgical microenvironment in an operating room with mixing ventilation
Zhang, Yixian; Cao, Guangyu; Feng, Guohui; Xue, Kai; Pedersen, Christoffer; Mathisen, Hans Martin; Stenstad, Liv-Inger; Skogås, Jan Gunnar (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Transmission of airborne microbe-carrying particles (MCPs) is one of the key factors causing surgical site infection during surgical procedures. In operating rooms (ORs) with mixing ventilation, air change rate may determine ... -
Influence of the surgical team activity on airborne bacterial distribution in the operating room with mixing ventilation system: A case study at St. Olavs Hospital
Annaqeeb, Masab Khalid; Zhang, Yixian; Dziedzic, Jakub Wladyslaw; Xue, Kai; Pedersen, Christoffer; Stenstad, Liv-Inger; Novakovic, Vojislav; Cao, Guangyu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background Operating rooms (ORs) have strict requirements regarding cleanliness. While existing standards concerning the ventilation and staff guidelines are theoretically sufficient to subvert the threats posed by ... -
A Simple and Novel Method to Predict the Hospital Energy Use Based on Machine Learning: A Case Study in Norway
Xue, Kai; Ding, Yiyu; Yang, Zhirong; Nord, Natasa; Barillec, Mael Roger Albert; Mathisen, Hans Martin; Liu, Meng; Giske, Tor Emil; Stenstad, Liv-Inger; Cao, Guangyu (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Hospitals are one of the most energy-consuming commercial buildings in many countries as a highly complex organization because of a continuous energy utilization and great variability of usage characteristic. With the ...