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.
By:
Ken Parsons
Imprint: CRC Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9781032503325
ISBN 10: 1032503327
Series: Environmental and Occupational Health Series
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 13 April 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Primary
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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
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).
