During the last 2 decades, the effects of the physical and social environment on the healing process, recovery and well-being of patients, families and staff in hospitals have been proved.There is a growing recognition that healthcare architecture could do more by promoting overall wellness, and this requires expanding the focus to healing.The research on evidence-based design (EBD) has demonst...

high levels of weee and limited capacities for disposal and recycling, together with thenecessity to transpose the european legislation into national law have shaped the profile of weee system inromania. in order to improve the functionality of this system it is important to understand the citizens’behaviour towards weee recycling. recent research conducted in different countries suggest that v...

high levels of weee and limited capacities for disposal and recycling, together with thenecessity to transpose the european legislation into national law have shaped the profile of weee system inromania. in order to improve the functionality of this system it is important to understand the citizens’behaviour towards weee recycling. recent research conducted in different countries suggest that v...

background: in the refractory brick manufacturing industry, because of the high risks associated with the level of dust in the factory environment and thermal stress, a precise identification of industrial hazards is required as a part of safety analysis. the aim of this study was to introduce a preventive approach to risk identification and assessment in the refractory brick production line.  ...

In contrast to the approaches to resource management and preservation of the past decade, a new perspective on environmental problems is emerging. Six major trends in scientific thinking are (i) increased efforts to examine environments In holistic frameworks, (ii) greater attention to life support systems, (iii) enlarged canvass of the range of choices in resource management, (iv) refinement i...

built environment does not “simply appear overnight, like a movie-set springing up on a vacant lot, but has to be produced”.thus, the first point in dealing with such an environment is considered to be the tracing of time in the evaluation of the city and keeping in mind that the whole is more than its parts. the last point becomes naturally understood when the process of city building is p...