Post-COVID Hospital Designs: A Review of Greening and Sustainability Practices
Ibukun Joseph Talabi,
Olufemi Olowo Osisami,
Olusola Adebayo Amusan,
Kayode Omobolanle James,
Folahan Anthony Adenaike
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
153-158
Received:
23 August 2022
Accepted:
15 September 2022
Published:
11 October 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.advances.20220304.11
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Abstract: The concept of sustainability and green assessment in the built environment has not only put forth a challenge for architects but also for the governing bodies that deal with the development of codes, guidelines, and building standards. Sustainability and green assessment criteria have over the past decade become a crucial initiative discussed around the globe with different modifications being established to address generic issues in private and public buildings. With the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic that spread across the globe, some of the studies now concentrate on design implementation in health systems, sustainable hospital buildings, and patient-centeredness in hospital designs. These are frequently discussed with less reference being made to the greening of hospitals. Greening and a sustainable hospital environment are vital as it necessitates strict cleaning measures, regular air changes, and sophisticated medical equipment which will in turn add to the already escalating cost of energy consumed in hospitals. This research paper aims to address through a review of existing literature, the importance of adopting sustainability and green criteria in hospital designs. Questions, with regards to sustainability and green assessment, were asked and evaluations used were identified. The intended product of this research is to proffer a guide for the regulatory bodies for architecture in developing countries to adopt in the promotion of sustainability in hospital designs for the post-COVID era.
Abstract: The concept of sustainability and green assessment in the built environment has not only put forth a challenge for architects but also for the governing bodies that deal with the development of codes, guidelines, and building standards. Sustainability and green assessment criteria have over the past decade become a crucial initiative discussed arou...
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Service Quality Management in Higher Education in the Ethiopian Context: Systematic Review
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 4, December 2022
Pages:
159-168
Received:
23 July 2022
Accepted:
14 November 2022
Published:
29 November 2022
DOI:
10.11648/j.advances.20220304.12
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Abstract: Service quality is commonly noted as a critical prerequisite for establishing and sustaining satisfying relationships with valued customers. In 2008, service quality improvement initiatives in Ethiopia’s public universities started implementing BPR (Business Process Re-engineering) to effect a fundamental change in the current business process jobs and structures, management and measurement systems, values, and beliefs with the aim of increasing quality and productivity that focus on customer satisfaction. Different studies have been conducted on student satisfaction regarding service quality management in an education context. The purpose of this systematic review is therefore to identify and synthesize the student’s satisfaction in an educational context that has identified the extent, importance, and contributions. To find as many studies as possible to be reviewed, electronic searches have been carried out through science direct and Research Gate publications results, 12 kinds of literature have been searched and 6 have been screened as relevant to the review questions and objectives, and finally, 3 studies have been included reviewed thoroughly. The findings of the review revealed one or other another that the see quality management in higher education relies on satisfaction. It was concluded by the reviewer that, students ‘satisfaction regarding quality service management in higher education students were not satisfied as concluded by the reviewer that, it is possible to make our educational institutions’ service quality management successful by giving due emphasis to student’s satisfaction regarding service quality management in higher education institution having forward-looking, in the situations.
Abstract: Service quality is commonly noted as a critical prerequisite for establishing and sustaining satisfying relationships with valued customers. In 2008, service quality improvement initiatives in Ethiopia’s public universities started implementing BPR (Business Process Re-engineering) to effect a fundamental change in the current business process jobs...
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