Royal Berkshire Hospital Maternity building temperature measurements (July-August 2018).

How to cite this Dataset

Gough, Hannah, Luo, Zhiwen and Faulknall-Mills, Samuel (2019): Royal Berkshire Hospital Maternity building temperature measurements (July-August 2018). University of Reading. Dataset. https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.224

Description

This dataset contains raw temperature measurements of the internal temperatures measured during pre-heatwave conditions around the Maternity and Gynaecology building of the Royal Berkshire Hospital. The work was a pilot scheme to understand the overheating occurring within the department and what could be done to prevent it and to improve patient safety. Sensors were deployed for 2 months (July-Aug 2018).

Full details can be found in Gough et al, in review: 'Assessment of overheating risk in gynaecology scanning rooms during near-heatwave conditions: a case study of Royal Berkshire Hospital in the UK', in International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.

This data collection would not have been possible without the help of the Royal Berkshire Hospital and its staff.

Resource Type:

Dataset

Creators:

Gough, Hannah

, Luo, Zhiwen

and Faulknall-Mills, Samuel

Contributors:

Barlow, Janet

Rights-holders:

University of Reading, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Data Publisher:

University of Reading

Publication Year:

2019

Data last accessed:

19 December 2024

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17864/1947.224

Metadata Record URL:

https://researchdata.reading.ac.uk/id/eprint/224

Organisational units:

Science > School of the Built Environment > Construction Management and Engineering > Innovative and Sustainable Technologies
Science > School of Mathematical, Computational and Physical Sciences > Department of Meteorology

Participating Organisations:

University of Reading, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust

Keywords:

temperature, hospital, urban, indoor, heatwave, heat, Royal Berkshire Hospital

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Data Availability:

OPEN

Additional details

Project Name:

Refresh: Remodeling Building Design Sustainability from a Human Centered Approach

Funders:

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/K021893/1)

Resource Language:

English

Collection period:

From 26 July 2018 To 30 August 2018

Geographic coverage:

Royal Berkshire Hospital, Reading, UK

Bounding Area:

N. Lat.	E. Long.	S. Lat.	W. Long.
51.4537	-0.9453	51.4447	-0.9707

Data collection method:

This work would not have been possible without the permission, help and guidance of the Royal Berkshire Hospital and its staff.

Tinytag instruments were deployed in various locations around level 2 of the Royal Berkshire Hosptiral (RBH) Maternity and Gynaecology building at floor and desk level in order to determine indoor temperatures during a pre-heatwave event. Temperature and humidity were measured using nine Gemini Tinytag Ultra 2 TGU-4017 temperature loggers (temperature range -40 to 85 °C). Where possible, sensors were positioned out of direct sunlight (only a problem for the Staff Offices), away from windows or heat-sources. Temperature was logged every 5 minutes, with the instruments being left unattended and data downloaded at the end of the observation period.

Data processing and preparation activities:

All data has been formatted to be the same and as is came off the instrument. Instruments have been calibrated against each other - this has been undertaken prior to upload.

Depositing User:

Dr Hannah Gough

Date Deposited:

15 Aug 2019 06:54

Last Modified:

26 Jul 2024 04:20