Ergonomic Workplace Design for Health, Wellness, and Productivity (Human Factors and Ergonomics)

Even with today’s mobile technology, most work is still undertaken in a physical workplace. Today’s workplaces need to be healthy environments that minimize the risks of illnesses or injuries to occupants to compete in the marketplace. This necessitates the application of good ergonomics design principles to the creation of effective workplaces, and this is the focus of this book. This book will: · Focus on ergonomic design for better health and ergonomic design for better productivity · Presents environments that support new ways of working and alternative workplace strategies, as well as the impacts of new technologies · Covers the role of ergonomics design in creating sustainable workplaces · Includes ergonomics design for a wide variety of workplaces, from offices to hospitals, to hotels to vehicles, etc… · Shows the design principles on how to design and create a healthy and productive workplace The market lacks an ergonomics design book that covers the topics that this book will cover. This book summarizes design principles for practitioners, and applies them to the variety of workplace settings described in the book. No other book currently on the market does that. Cover......Page 1 Half Title......Page 2 Title Page......Page 6 Copyright Page......Page 7 Table of Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 16 Editor......Page 18 Contributors......Page 20 SECTION I: The Physical Environment......Page 22 Chapter 1: Introduction to Workplace Ergonomics and Issues of Health and Productivity in Computer Work Settings......Page 24 Chapter 2: Designing Thermal Environments for Comfort, Health, and Performance......Page 46 Chapter 3: Ventilation, Indoor Air Quality, Health, and Productivity......Page 60 Chapter 4: Psychoacoustics: Resolving Noise Distractions in the Workplace......Page 94 Chapter 5: Workplace Vibration Effects on Health and Productivity......Page 124 Chapter 6: Vision and Lighting......Page 136 Chapter 7: Shift Work Effects on Health and Productivity......Page 156 SECTION II: Ergonomic Design Issues in Workplaces......Page 172 Chapter 8: Office Workplaces......Page 174 Chapter 9: Healthcare Settings, Health, and Productivity......Page 190 Chapter 10: Ergonomics Design in Control Rooms......Page 210 Chapter 11: Schools, Health, and Productivity......Page 230 Chapter 12: Ergonomic Concerns in Universities and Colleges......Page 248 Chapter 13: Biotechnology Laboratories: Promoting Health and Productivity with Ergonomics......Page 272 Chapter 14: Work Design and Health for Hospitality Workers......Page 296 Chapter 15: Managing the Safety and the Performance of Home-Based Teleworkers: A Macroergonomics Perspective......Page 320 SECTION III: Emerging Ergonomic Workplace Design Issues......Page 342 Chapter 16: A Macroergonomics View of Transportation......Page 344 Chapter 17: Health and Productivity Effects of Hot Desks, Just-in-Time Work Spaces, and Other Flexible Workplace Arrangements......Page 362 Chapter 18: Challenges and Future Research Opportunities with New Ways of Working......Page 374 Chapter 19: Sustainable Design in the Workplace......Page 392 Chapter 20: Exploring the 3C Workplace: For Connectedness, Collaboration, and Creativity......Page 412 Chapter 21: Ergonomics and Wellness in Workplaces......Page 430 Index......Page 446

Even with today's mobile technology, most work is still undertaken in a physical workplace. Today's workplaces need to be healthy environments that minimize the risks of illnesses or injuries to occupants to compete in the marketplace. This necessitates the application of good ergonomics design principles to the creation of effective workplaces, and this is the focus of this book.This book will:
· Focus on ergonomic design for better health and ergonomic design for better productivity
· Presents environments that support new ways of working and alternative workplace strategies, as well as the impacts of new technologies
· Covers the role of ergonomics design in creating sustainable workplaces
· Includes ergonomics design for a wide variety of workplaces, from offices to hospitals, to hotels to vehicles, etc...
· Shows the design principles on how to design and create a healthy and productive workplaceThe market lacks an ergonomics design book that covers the topics that this book will cover. This book summarizes design principles for practitioners, and applies them to the variety of workplace settings described in the book. No other book currently on the market does that.