Investigation Research of Water Utilization and Guidelines for Health Care Facilities

• Main Authors: Hung-Chi Shih, 施宏錡
• Other Authors: Cheng-Li Cheng
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2004
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/25483628104007678734

碩士 === 國立臺灣科技大學 === 建築系 === 92 === Water consumption patterns of hospitals in various regions of Taiwan differ greatly. Reasons for divergence abound. Hospitals with different bed complements result in different floor area ratios and, therefore, water consumption ratios. Hospitals in different regions, i. e., north, central, south, and east Taiwan and off shore islands also differ in water consumption ratios because of difference in water resource availability. Furthermore, health care facilities with different program and service emphasis inevitably result in different water consumption patterns. Therefore, this study evolves around a comparative approach based on hospital size, location, and program and service specialization. This thesis focuses on investigative analysis of actual water consumption at various midsize and large size health care facilities in Taiwan. The purpose is to arrive at a logical hospital water consumption index and to establish an evaluation base line, with intent to provide a set of quantitative guidelines for those larger hospitals with consistently higher then normal water consumption rate in their water resource utilization planning. Concomitantly, this thesis also addresses issues associated with on-site rainwater collection, rainwater recycling, and utilization feasibility of treated wastewater and underground water. Relevant publications have been searched and project examples have been explored. Also, purposed are water consumption index and evaluation methodology for health care facilities in Taiwan. Comparative analysis and iterative analysis reveal that correlation between hospital water consumption and hospital staff complement is most prominent. Iterative model of the same index also shows promising result. Feasibility of using per-person per-year as an index for logical hospital water consumption should be plausible. The index of per-square meter per-year and per-bed per-year are also convenient for use in evaluating or assessing hospital consumption for both existing hospital or those in planning stages. This thesis strives to provide quantitative guidelines for health care facilities water resource utilization planning and design.