Lighting in Hospitals - Case Study: Military Hospital of Tirana, Albania

Abstract:

Hospitals must have adequate lighting so that medical personnel can do their duties and attend to the requirements of patients and visitors. A comfortable recuperation environment may be created with the aid of good lighting. The relationship between daylighting and artificial lighting and their role in the design process will be mentioned. Specific areas of the hospital will be under adequate lighting analysis. The areas taken into consideration are entrance and waiting areas, circulation areas, operating theatres and clean rooms, wards and bedrooms, ancillary areas, restaurant and kitchen, and exterior lighting. Some of these areas are also analyzed regarding the case study of the Military Hospital (University Trauma Hospital) of Tirana Albania. The purpose of this paper is to compare different lighting standards, the EU standards, and the Albanian ones. Solutions can be provided for lighting systems, starting from luminaries and lamps, to lighting controls and lighting management systems, from the early stage of design. The architect is the enabling partner to develop meaningful lighting solutions for all areas of healthcare facilities.

• Periodical: Engineering Innovations (Volume 8)
• Pages: 17-30
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/p-cQzrG3
• Online since: January 2024
• Authors: Klodjan Xhexhi*, Besnik Aliaj
• Keywords: Albanian Lighting Codes, Environmental Lighting, Hosplighting, Illuminance Level, Lighting Design

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