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CIBSE Healthcare Special Interest Group

WEBThe CIBSE Healthcare Group aims to improve the performance of Healthcare buildings by increasing awareness amongst all building professionals and supporting the implementation of relevant Standards and legislation aimed at improving the effective use of Healthcare Buildings. Encourage best practices in the deployment of existing technologies.

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URL: https://www.cibse.org/get-involved/special-interest-groups/healthcare-group

Free Downloads CIBSE

WEBFree Downloads. SLL Lighting Factfiles. Lighting Factfile 7 - Design and assessment of exterior lighting schemes (Oct 2019) Lighting Factfile 8 - Lighting for people who are visually impaired (Dec 2012) Lighting Factfile 10 - Providing visibility for an ageing workforce (Dec 2006) Lighting Factfile 11 - Mechanical cooling on lamp colour and

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Research Insight 01: Circadian lighting CIBSE

WEBFeb 2020. ISBN. 9781912034604. Circadian lighting is tuneable lighting that can alter its colour and intensity. It aims to improve people’s alertness during the day or during working hours using bright light, but to switch to lower brightness, warmer coloured lighting when it is time to relax. Circadian lighting effects on health and

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Lighting Guide 02: Lighting for healthcare premises (2019) …

WEBSep 2019. ISBN. 9781912034468. Overview. This new edition of the Lighting Guide LG2: Lighting for healthcare premises replaces the 2008 edition. This new edition has been produced to ensure that our guidance is up-to-date with modern lighting practice and to illustrate varying ways of lighting the modern hospital environment.

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Technical Memorandum 40: Health and wellbeing in …

WEBThis executive summary introduces the content and format of TM40: TM40 Executive Summary (October 2019) The scope of ‘health and wellbeing’ is extremely broad, ranging from acute health impacts, through comfort and performance, to ‘joy and happiness’. This TM mostly covers the 'middle ground’, i.e. best practice design and operation

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Guide A: Environmental design (2015) CIBSE

WEBGuide A: Environmental design provides guidance on design criteria and calculation methods such as fabric performance, heating and ventilation system sizing, methods for thermal comfort evaluation and energy demand. Note: This title references BS EN 779: 2012, which has been superseded by BS EN ISO 16890 Air filters for general …

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Guide G: Public health and plumbing engineering (2014)

WEBThis third edition of CIBSE Guide G has been produced in collaboration with the Chartered Institute of Plumbing and Heating Engineering (CIPHE), and this is reflected in its new title: Public health and plumbing engineering. As such, it represents a complete revision of the previous edition plus the addition of new chapters.

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CIBSE #GrowYourKnowledge Webinars

WEBThe #GrowYourKnowledge webinar series is free to attend and designed to support the CIBSE community in maintaining their building services knowledge remotely. Recordings and slides are available 24 hours after the webinar has finished. Please note that you will receive a certificate of attendance from GoToWebinar, not CIBSE and it will only be

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Design Guide for Saudi Arabia: Public health (2021) (pdf)

WEB24. Publication Date. Sep 2021. ISBN. 9781914543029. This document aims at establishing the minimum design standards for the design of public health systems for buildings in Saudi Arabia. It covers the following topics: Design codes, standards and guidance. Local green building requirements.

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Innovative Passive Cooling in Healthcare CIBSE

WEBSession 3 Paper 1, CIBSE ASHRAE Technical Symposium, Imperial College, London, UK18th and 19th April 2012. This report explores an innovative passive cooling system adopted at the naturally ventilated Houghton-le-Spring Primary Care Centre near Sunderland, UK. The central feature of the system is a thermal wall which extends along …

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Sanitary conveniences, washing facilities and drinking water

WEBClean and sanitise drinking water taps from time to time with a mild household disinfectant. Sanitary conveniences. An effective means of flushing a toilet should be provided, as should toilet paper and a coat hook. A suitable means for the disposal of sanitary dressings should be provided where toilets are used by women.

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Building Safety Act

WEBThe Building Safety Act received Royal Assent and became an Act of Parliament on 28 April 2022. Introduced in response to the Grenfell Tower tragedy and Dame Judith Hackitt’s report on Building Regulations and Fire Safety, it is the most fundamental reform of regulation across the construction and residential property sectors in living memory.

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Managing the Health Risks of Welding

WEBManaging the Health Risks of Welding. Last updated pre-2024. Welding fume is a varying mixture of airborne gases and very fine particles that is formed as a by-product of welding. This advice is relevant to both new and existing systems. Download Technical Note WF01. It is created by welding carbon or stainless steel, and it was internationally

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Emerging from Lockdown: CIBSE COVID-19 Guidance

WEBDownload Now (Version 1, published 16 July 2021) COVID-19: Air cleaning technologies allows users to assess the variety of air-cleaning devices currently marketed for the removal of SARS-CoV-2, and to discover which air cleaner, if any, will effectively reduce transmission risk in a given space. This guidance will be of use to lay-readers, …

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Standard Symbols

WEBHSL (Hue, Saturation, Lightness) RGB (Red, Green, Blue) HEX (Hexadecimal) The random application of colours to systems, or at least a non-systematic method, has been used for several years in different ways by different organisations. This is an attempt to apply a system to these colours.

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(archived) LG02: Hospitals and health care buildings (2008) (pdf)

WEBPublication Date. Nov 2008. ISBN. 9781903287996. This edition of LG02 was superseded in 2019. The newest edition is available here: Lighting Guide 02: Hospitals and health care buildings. Contents of LG02: Hospitals and health care buildings (2008) Part A: General recommendations. 1.

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In memory of Dr Gina Barney HonFCIBSE 1936-2023

WEBGina Barney HonFCIBSE spent her working life in the lift industry and, for 50 years, was a world-leading and renowned international vertical transportation consultant. She was the driving force behind five editions of the CIBSE guide to vertical transportation, Guide D. Without doubt, the rate at which Guide D has been updated and refreshed

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