TY  - BOOK
AU  - Chaturvedi, Surabhi
AU  - Dr. Dave, Bharat (Guide)
TI  - Environmental technologies and reshaping of healthcare architecture 
U1  - 725.5 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Australia 
PB  - University of Melbourne
KW  -  
N1  - CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  ii
LIST OF FIGURES	v
LIST OF TABLES	vii
1.Introduction	1
Background	1
Aims and Objectives	2
Research Plan	2
Research scope	2
Focus on healthcare facilities	3
Data collection and analysis	3
Thesis structure	4
2.Smart Environments	5
Introduction	5
Building environmental systems : Background	6
3.Healthcare Facilities	9
Development of spatial patterns	9
Changing social and technological contexts	16
Integration of environmental control systems	18
Emerging design trends	29
4.Healthcare Facilities in India	31
Early Developments	31
Changes in Global healthcare sector	35
Emerging healthcare sector in India 	37
5.Indian healthcare facilities: Case studies 	39
Context of case studies	39
Selected design parameters for case study	41
Selection of case study facilities	42
Fieldwork procedure	43
Case studies in detail	43
Bangalore (Karnataka)	43
Gurgaon (Haryana)	48
Ludhiana (Punjab)	53
Mumbai (Maharashtra)	55
New Delhi	57
Comparative analysis of design parameters	66
Building Shell	66Building Skin	69
Building Services	72
Energy Issues	74
Information Technology	75
Security and Management	76
Building cost and revenue analysis	77
Miscellaneous Factors	78
Multidisciplinary design and service firms	79
Emerging Design Opportunities	79
Summary	83
6. Future Directions	85
Contemporary smart building control systems	85
Facade Systems	87
Lighting Systems	89
Energy Systems	89
Structural Systems	89
Visions of Future	90
Future of healthcare facilities in India	95
BIBLIOGRAPHY	97
APPENDICES	100
Request for information letter	100
Survey Questionnaire	101
Sample fieldwork data	106
Preliminary tabulation of fieldwork data	110



ER  -