Short description:

Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications provides the philosophy, principles and application of environmental ergonomics as a universal concept and considers total environments as an integration of environmental factors to which people are exposed.

Long description:

Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications provides the philosophy, principles and application of environmental ergonomics as a universal concept and considers total environments as an integration of environmental factors to which people are exposed.

The book develops the definition of environmental ergonomics and presents the principles, methods and application of knowledge in the areas of human response to heat and cold, sound, vibration, light and air quality and addresses diverse environments and people. The title explains the effects of the environment on the health, comfort and performance of people for all environmental components, introduces environmental ergonomics as a universal subject and offers general principles and methods for measuring and representing the environment and its effects. A wide range of case studies demonstrates the application of the subject for all environmental components and for integrated environments. Special environments such as vehicles and unique populations such as people with disabilities, are considered in the book. The title concludes with an in-depth understanding of total environments with a description of how to conduct an environmental ergonomics survey and a case study.

An ideal read for any professional or student interested in environmental ergonomics, including architects, occupational hygienists, interior designers, systems engineers, civil engineers, HVAC engineers and building services engineers. The title will help any reader develop a thorough understanding of the effects of the environment on the health, comfort and performance of people.

Table of Contents:

Contents

Preface                                                                                                                                               

Acknowledgements

About the Author                                                                                                     

Part 1: Environmental Ergonomics

Chapter 1: Environmental Ergonomics

Chapter 2. Measuring the environment

Chapter 3. Measuring and predicting human response to the environment

Part 2: Thermal Environments

Chapter 4. Environmental ergonomics and the assessment of the thermal environment

Chapter 5. Case study - thermal comfort in an open plan office

Chapter 6. Case study – The avoidance of heat casualties in special forces selection trials

Chapter 7. Case study – Environmental ergonomics survey of a cold store

Part 3: Environmental Ergonomics and the assessment of noise and the acoustic environment

Chapter 8. Human response to the acoustic environment

Chapter 9. Case study – An environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a paper mill

Chapter 10. Noise annoyance

Chapter 11. Case study – Environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a call centre in a large open plan office

Part 4: Vibration

Chapter 12. Human response to whole-body vibration

Chapter 13: Case study: Assessment of vibration ride quality in a petrol and electric car

Chapter 14. Case study – Assessment of vibration in an office

Chapter 15. Human response to holding a vibrating object 

Chapter 16. Case study – Assessment of vibration at work in a dockyard involving vibrating tools

Part 5: Environmental Ergonomics, Light and the visual environment

Chapter 17. Human response to light

Chapter 18. Case study - Environmental ergonomics lighting survey of an open plan office

Part 6: Environmental Ergonomics and Air Quality

Chapter 19. Air Quality

Chapter 20. Case study – Environmental Ergonomics assessment of air quality in a university dining Hall.

Part 7: Environmental Ergonomics for diverse environments and diverse populations

Chapter 21. Environmental Ergonomics in diverse environments

Chapter 22. Environmental Ergonomics, Individual differences and diverse populations

Part 8: Environmental Ergonomics and integrated environments

Chapter 23 Integrated environments

Chapter 24 Case study - An integrated environmental ergonomics assessment of a ‘gold-standard’ office.

Appendix 1

Appendix 2

Appendix 3

Appendix 4

Appendix 5

Appendix 6

Appendix 7

Appendix 8

Appendix 9

Appendix 10

Appendix 11

Appendix 12

References

Index