Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications

Ken Parsons

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040314470
• Edition: 0
• Topic: Technology & Engineering
• Subtopic: Industrial Engineering
• Index: Technology & Engineering

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

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• About the Author
• Part I Environmental Ergonomics
• Part II Thermal Environments
• Part III Environmental Ergonomics and the Assessment of Noise and the Acoustic Environment
• Part IV Environmental Ergonomics and Vibration
• Part V Light and the Visual Environment
• Part VI Environmental Ergonomics and Air Quality
• Part VII Environmental Ergonomics for Diverse Environments and Diverse Populations
• Part VIII Environmental Ergonomics and Integrated Environments
• Appendix 1: Generic Information Regarding Environmental Ergonomics Surveys and Case Studies
• Appendix 2: Screening of People before Exposure to Physical Environments
• Appendix 3: Physical Measures; Observation and Subjective Scales for Assessing Thermal Environments
• Appendix 4: Example of a one-page questionnaire for subjective assessment of the thermal environment
• Appendix 5: Physical Measures; Observation and Subjective Scales for Assessing Acoustic Environments
• Appendix 6: Example of a one-page subjective questionnaire for the assessment of the acoustic environment
• Appendix 7: Physical Measures; Observation and Subjective Scales for Assessing Vibration Environments
• Appendix 8: Example of a one-page questionnaire for the assessment of subjective responses to vibration
• Appendix 9: Physical Measures; Observation and Subjective Scales for Assessing Lighting Environments
• Appendix 10 Example of a one-page questionnaire for the subjective assessment of the vision and lighting environment
• Appendix 11 Physical Measures; Observation and Subjective Scales for Assessing Air Quality Environments
• Appendix 12 Example of a one-page questionnaire to assess perceived air quality
• Appendix 13 Example of a one-page questionnaire for the subjective assessment of an environment
• References
• Index