The importance of acoustic conditions within hospitals is highlighted by recent research indicating that patient recovery times are significantly influenced by the noise levels within wards. Added to this are concerns about speech privacy and confidentiality, patient and staff comfort, communication between patient and doctor, and the effects of vibration on sensitive medical equipment, all of ...

Abstract The design of our cities, their planning, and management must be increasingly oriented towards sustainability, identifying solutions that can systemically address problems on a city scale, namely urban heat islands, rainwater runoff, storms, acoustic issues. This study begins by evaluating the impact green area pedestrian comfort in historical center Naples, employing an experimental n...

Abstract Noise has become one of the most critical problems to address in contemporary cities, and awareness consequences noise pollution been increasing lately. Road traffic exposure is considered a serious environmental health hazard, as excessive increases cardiovascular diseases anxiety. People spend their time residences where they tolerant noisy environments are unaware effects caused by ...

The stilt house is one of the most representative Chinese architecture among national minority traditional dwellings, which are located in mountainous regions whose climate characterized by hot summers and cold winters. Moreover, it widely distributed Southeast Asian countries, such as Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, etc., well tropics like Hawaii, Guam. These kinds dwellings have unique architectura...

Kenneth A. Smith wTe Corporation Bedford, Massachusetts The SEMASS waste-to-energy facility has employed the straightforward "Shred Burn" approach to Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF) production. The relatively trouble-free start-up seems to indicate that the design­ ers have incorporated the industry learning experience of the past 10 years. In this discussion, questions are raised relative to local p...