The Economic and Environmental Impact of Communal Laundry Spaces in High Density Housing in the UK.
The Economic and Environmental Impact of Communal Laundry Spaces in High Density Housing in the UK.
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英国高密度住房中公共洗衣空间的经济和环境影响。
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2010
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H. Musa
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R. Menon;C. Porteous;H. Musa
本文补充了在EPSRC资助的一个合作研究项目（由麦克米伦建筑学院与格拉斯哥喀里多尼亚大学和斯特拉斯克莱德大学领导的"国内洗钱环境评估"）过程中获得的数据。该文件的目的是比较能源和相关的影响，从个人的家庭洗涤和烘干设备与公共洗衣设施。在确定了历史背景，包括一个相当不令人满意的现状方面的标准和监管，方法和数据采集分析概述。这涉及面对面的问卷调查和现场测量与100个代表家庭在格拉斯哥的公共部门（范围低，中，高层）和长期测量和日记与其中20个。进一步的问卷调查数据，从36个住房供应商的公共设施方面扩大了外推的短期指标，在一个特定的共享洗衣设施的基础上，20世纪60年代的塔块。尽管建议进行进一步的详细工作，但研究结果表明这种性质的公共设施具有明显的优势，特别是在干燥过程方面。在这方面，不仅能量负荷比洗涤高得多，而且在家庭中使用的各种方法的负面后果在健康和福祉方面可能是严重的。结论意见还承认，在个别和共同的做法方面，需要有一定程度的灵活性和选择，因此建议采取一系列措施，以纳入经改进的法定和"最佳做法"标准。
The paper supplements data obtained in the course of a collaborative, EPSRC-funded research project (‘Environmental Assessment of Domestic Laundering’ led by the Mackintosh School of Architecture with Glasgow Caledonian University and the University of Strathclyde). The aim of the paper is to compare energy and related impacts from individual domestic washing and drying appliances with those for communal laundry facilities. Having set the historical context, including a rather unsatisfactory status quo with respect to standards and regulation, the methodology and data-acquisition for analysis is outlined. This involved face-to-face questionnaires and spot measurements with 100 representative households in Glasgow’s public sector (range of low-, medium- and high-rise) and longer-term measurements and diaries associated with 20 of these. Further questionnaire data from 36 housing providers with regard to communal facilities augmented extrapolations from short-term metrics in a specific shared laundry facility at the base of a 1960s tower block. Although further detailed work is suggested, the findings indicate distinct advantages for communal facilities of this nature, in particular with respect to the drying process. In this regard, not only are the energy loads much higher than those for washing, but also the negative consequences of various methods used in the home are potentially serious in terms of health and wellbeing. Concluding comments also recognize that a degree of flexibility and choice is desirable in terms of individual and shared approaches, and hence makes suggestions for a range of measures that might be incorporated in improved statutory and ‘best practice’ standards.