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  1. Enhancing Sustainability in Healthcare Facilities: The Role of Energy Performance Contracts in Hospital Renovation

    Article • Sustainability, June 2026, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  2. The Challenge of Digital Innovation for Sustainable Healthcare Infrastructures: Current Practices in the Italian Context

    Article • Sustainability, April 2026, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  3. The energy burden of care: Insights from a regional survey in Italian hospitals

    Article • Health Services Management Research, January 2026, SAGE Publications

    Andrea Brambilla

  4. Assessing Environmental Sustainability in Acute Care Hospitals: A Survey-Based Snapshot from an Italian Regional Health System

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, December 2025, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  5. The Healing Environment for Healthcare Staff in Paediatric Settings: A Cross-National Semi-Structured Survey on Healthcare Staff Satisfaction

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2025, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  6. Integrating environmental sustainability into hospitals performance management systems: a scoping review

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, May 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  7. Mitigating Risks in Hospital Facilities—An Analysis of the Relationship Between Healthcare Risks and the Built Environment: A Literature Review and Survey in the Italian Scenario

    Article • Hygiene, May 2025, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  8. Facility Management Costs for Hospital Infrastructures: Insights from the Italian Healthcare System

    Article • Healthcare, April 2025, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  9. Healthcare workers and adult patients preferences of hospital built environment. Survey in ordinary surgery and medical oncology ward at the Italian National Oncology Institute

    Article • Frontiers in Health Services, April 2025, Frontiers

    Andrea Brambilla

  10. Swarm Intelligence Applications for the Cities of the Future

    Article • January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Andrea Brambilla

  11. The Dusk of Design

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  12. Environmental, Social, Governance and Digital Transformation in Organizations

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  13. Sustainable Healthcare Investments: ESG Strategies for Hospital Infrastructure Renovation

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  14. Correction to: Sustainable Healthcare Investments: ESG Strategies for Hospital Infrastructure Renovation

    Article • January 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  15. Integrated Climate Change Mitigation and Public Health Protection Strategies: The Case of the City of Bologna, Italy

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2024, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  16. Sustainability in the Next Generation Hospital. Needs and Requirements collection from healthcare infrastructures supply chain stakeholders with One Health approach

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andrea Brambilla

  17. Benchmarking Relevance for Hospital Design and Planning: An International Web-Based Survey

    Article • HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal, April 2024, SAGE Publications

    Andrea Brambilla

  18. Re-Thinking the Environment, Cities, and Living Spaces for Public Health Purposes, According with the COVID-19 Lesson: The LVII Erice Charter

    Article • Land, September 2023, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  19. The Enhancement of Special-Use Real Estate Properties: The Case of Hospital Facilities

    Article • Land, August 2023, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  20. Digital Education Knowledge from Theory to Teaching Experiences in Three European Universities

    Article • July 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Andrea Brambilla, Maria José Sousa

  21. Lessons from the first wave of COVID-19 in Italy: A collection of design strategies to face pandemic situations in healthcare facilities

    Article • Journal of Emergency Management, February 2023, Weston Medical Publishing

    Andrea Brambilla

  22. The City of Care

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  23. Therapeutic Architecture. Assessment Tools and Design Strategies for Healing Gardens Implementation

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  24. A New Generation of Territorial Healthcare Infrastructures After COVID-19. The Transition to Community Homes and Community Hospitals into the Framework of the Italian Recovery Plan

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  25. Testing of a Multiple Criteria Assessment Tool for Healthcare Facilities Quality and Sustainability: The Case of German Hospitals

    Article • Sustainability, December 2022, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  26. Long‐term care Facilities and Dementia. Development of a framework to assess design quality in healthcare structures for people with dementia

    Article • Alzheimer s & Dementia, December 2022, Wiley

    Andrea Brambilla

  27. Explorative Study on Urban Public Space Renovation during COVID-19: Test of a Visual Web-Based Survey about the City of Saint German en Laye, France

    Article • Sustainability, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  28. Challenges of the next generation hospitals: Rethinking the Emergency Department

    Article • Emergency Care Journal, September 2022, PAGEPress Publications

    Andrea Brambilla

  29. Analysis of Functional Layout in Emergency Departments (ED). Shedding Light on the Free Standing Emergency Department (FSED) Model

    Article • Applied Sciences, May 2022, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  30. Effect of Housing Quality on the Mental Health of University Students during the COVID-19 Lockdown

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, March 2022, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla, PD (Privatdozent) Alessandra Costanza

  31. Gender Differences in COVID-19 Lockdown Impact on Mental Health of Undergraduate Students

    Article • Frontiers in Psychiatry, January 2022, Frontiers

    Andrea Brambilla

  32. Flexibility during the COVID-19 Pandemic Response: Healthcare Facility Assessment Tools for Resilient Evaluation

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  33. A2CT Assessment Alzheimer Centre Tool: evaluation tool of structures for people with dementia

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andrea Brambilla

  34. Evidence-informed health care infrastructures: test of SustHealthv2 tool on hospital pilot cases

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, October 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andrea Brambilla

  35. Hospital Construction Cost Affecting Their Lifecycle: An Italian Overview

    Article • Healthcare, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla

  36. Hospital Architecture in Spain and Italy: Gaps Between Education and Practice

    Article • HERD Health Environments Research & Design Journal, February 2021, SAGE Publications

    Andrea Brambilla

  37. Validation of a multiple criteria tool for healthcare facilities quality evaluation

    Article • Facilities, September 2020, Emerald

    Andrea Brambilla

  38. COVID-19 lockdown: housing built environment’s effects on mental health

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andrea Brambilla

  39. The challenges in training and education of hospital designers and planners

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, September 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Andrea Brambilla

  40. COVID-19 Lockdown: Housing Built Environment’s Effects on Mental Health

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla, PD (Privatdozent) Alessandra Costanza

  41. Healthy urban planning and design strategies to improve urban quality and attractiveness of places

    Article • TECHNE - Journal of Technology for Architecture and Environment, January 2020, Firenze University Press

    Andrea Brambilla

  42. Built Environment and Alzheimer. Quality Evaluation of Territorial Structures for Patients with Dementia

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  43. Complex Projects Assessment. The Impact of Built Environment on Healthcare Staff Wellbeing

    Article • January 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Andrea Brambilla

  44. Health Tourism and Thermal Heritage: Assessing Italian Spas with Innovative Multidisciplinary Tools

    Article • Tourism Analysis, July 2019, Cognizant Communication Corporation

    Andrea Brambilla

  45. Healthy and Sustainable Hospital Evaluation—A Review of POE Tools for Hospital Assessment in an Evidence-Based Design Framework

    Article • Buildings, March 2019, MDPI AG

    Andrea Brambilla