Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications
Published on 14. April 2025
312 pages
978-1-040-31444-9 (ISBN)
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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.
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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23 Tables, black and white; 46 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Halftones, black and white; 51 Illustrations, black and white
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6,03 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-040-31444-9 (9781040314449)
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Ken Parsons
Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications
Principles, Methods, and Applications
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Ken Parsons is Emeritus Professor of Environmental Ergonomics at Loughborough University, UK. After completing a PhD and postdoctoral research at the Institute of Sound and Vibration Research, University of Southampton, he founded the Human Thermal Environments Laboratory at Loughborough in 1981. Ken became head of the Department of Human Sciences in 1996 covering research and teaching in ergonomics, psychology and human biology. He was Dean of Science in 2003 to 2009, and pro-vice chancellor for research from 2009 to 2012. He is convenor of the International standards working group on Ergonomics and integrated environments. He has produced over 200 publications including the CRC Press books Human Thermal Environments (2014), Human Thermal Comfort (2020), Human Heat Stress (2019) and Human Cold Stress (2021).
Content
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
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
