THERMAL SCIENCE
International Scientific Journal
EMERGENCY CONVERSION OF SPORTS HALLS INTO TEMPORARY HOSPITALS CAUSED BY COVID-19 PANDEMIC: CASE STUDIES OF THERMAL COMFORT AND ENERGY CONSUMPTION ANALYSIS
ABSTRACT
An emergency caused by the COVID-19 pandemic affected the rethinking of existing healthcare systems. The increased need for hospital beds appeared short after the outbreak of the pandemic and the solution was to adapt the existing buildings, primarily public ones. Among all, sports buildings, i.e. sports halls were successfully used around the globe for conversion into hospitals. Topic of the paper was to investigate whether sports halls in Serbia, which were also used as temporary hospitals, are suitable for conversion in terms of energy consumption needed for achieving thermal comfort. Two case studies were analysed. The energy simulations were done using the DesingBuilder software. The results of thermal comfort summary and energy consumption led to the conclusion that this building type in Serbia could be successfully used for hospital purposes. Although the multiple increase in energy consumption was noted during the heating period, the results were within the limits required by both national and international standards.
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2022-04-16
PAPER REVISED: 2022-07-18
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2022-08-17
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2022-10-08
THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR
2023, VOLUME
27, ISSUE
Issue 1, PAGES [797 - 809]
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