The networked health-relevant factors for office buildings : the planned health

People who work in an office spend at least a third of their lifetime in these spaces. The planning of office and administration buildings can therefore contribute a great deal to the satisfaction and well-being of future users. The book looks at the health-relevant factors that affect people in office and administration buildings and therefore deserve special attention in the planning process. In doing so, the authors are guided by a concept of health as defined by the World Health Organization: Accordingly, health encompasses mental as well as social and physical well-being and thus goes far beyond the factors laid down in legal norms and guidelines. In this volume, architects and designers, physicians and ergonomists deal with all aspects of interior design seen from a health perspective: What role does colour design play, what significance do light, air and noise have? What does a demand-oriented building technology look like and how is the office furniture adequately designed? Which medical and hygienic aspects have to be considered? How can offices be designed in terms of work-life balance and how will the office change in the course of digitalisation? The book serves as a guideline that can be applied chapter by chapter in the planning of health-promoting office spaces - depending on the interests of the reader. Problems that arise are discussed using examples, and checklists help you with planning and implementation. The guide is aimed at building owners, architects, engineers, but also at lawyers, psychologists and doctors as well as university members in the field of economics and engineering. Foreword Preface Introductory Remarks Health Satisfaction Healthy Despite Work The DNA Parable The Generations Networking Aim of the Book Conclusion The Plannable Health Literature Contents Editors and Contributors Abbreviations 1 Mutual Agreement 1.1 People at the Centre of the Future World of Work 1.1.1 Health-Promoting Office Design 1.1.2 The Perception and Evaluation of the Office Environment 1.1.3 The Willingness of People to Change 1.1.4 Successful Change Management for the Realisation of a New Working Environment 1.2 Work–Life Integration—Harmonious Working Environments for the Well-Being of the Employees Literature 2 Perceptions 2.1 Introduction to the Chapter: “Perception” 2.2 Air and Well-Being 2.2.1 Overview of the Chapter Air and Well-Being 2.2.2 Room Temperature 2.2.3 Room Air Humidity 2.2.4 Air Quality and Air Volume 2.2.5 Window Ventilation or Ventilation System 2.2.6 Air Velocity 2.2.7 Heating and Cooling Loads 2.2.8 Hedonic Assessment of Indoor Air Quality 2.2.9 Evaluation of the Indoor Climate 2.3 Din 2.3.1 Healthy Acoustics in Office and Administration Buildings 2.3.2 Column: Reverberation Time/Absorption 2.3.3 Column: Volume and Speech Style 2.3.4 Column: Sound Interruption 2.3.5 Column: Reflection/Sound Scattering 2.3.6 Pillar: Communication Technology/Headsets 2.3.7 Pillar: Word Comprehensibility 2.3.8 Influence and Effect of Sound Masking on Speech Intelligibility 2.3.9 Standards—An Overview 2.3.10 Standards—A Critique 2.4 Light 2.4.1 Introduction to the Chapter 2.4.2 Light and People 2.4.3 The Planning Process 2.5 Body—Food and Mood 2.5.1 Healthy Food 2.5.2 Food as a Community 2.5.3 Activity-Based Working 2.5.4 Hygiene in the Workplace 2.5.5 Rules (Room Use/Handling with Colleagues) Literature 3 Colour in Theory and Practice 3.1 Introduction to the Chapter 3.2 The World in Colour as a Challenge for Philosophy and Science 3.2.1 Introductory Remarks 3.2.2 Colour as a Property of Things 3.2.3 Colour as a Disposition of Things 3.2.4 Colour as an Actual Property of Light or as Its Disposition? 3.2.5 Colour Vision as a Human Disposition 3.2.6 From Philosophy to Phenomenology of Colour 3.2.7 Conclusion 3.3 Colour Concepts for Workstations 3.3.1 Can Chill-Down Pink Really Cool Hot Tempers? 3.3.2 Do We Need Colour at All? 3.3.3 Seeing Means Seeing Colour Contrasts 3.3.4 Designing Ideal Colour Schemes 3.3.5 Why White Workspaces are a Problem 3.3.6 Three Steps to the Perfect Colour Concept Literature 4 Adequate Office Interior Design 4.1 Introduction 4.1.1 The Office and Its Significance 4.1.2 The Topics in the Contemporary Office 4.1.3 The Many Facets of Open Space 4.1.4 Participation in Workplace Design 4.1.5 Many Generations in One Company 4.1.6 War for Talents 4.1.7 The Future of the Office 4.2 Ergonomic Office Furniture for the Workplace 4.2.1 Workspace or Space for Work? 4.2.2 The Territorial Workplace—Minimal Movement in the Tightest of Spaces 4.2.3 A Good Office Chair 4.2.4 The Table 4.2.5 Screen, Keyboard and Mouse 4.3 The Office of Options—Activity-Based Working 4.3.1 Activity-Based Working—Origin and Explanation 4.3.2 Activity-Based Working - Furnishing Aspects 4.3.3 Implementation Example 4.3.4 Activity-Based Working (ABW)—Health Relevant Factors 4.4 Plants 4.5 Acoustically Effective Furniture 4.5.1 Examples of Acoustically Effective Furniture Literature 6 Medical Aspects 6.1 Sitting in the Office 6.2 Sitting or Standing 6.3 Green Plants in the Office 6.4 Psyche and Office Work 6.5 Background Noise or Already Noise 6.6 Hygiene in the Workplace References 7 Physical Activity in the Modern Working World 7.1 Preliminary Remarks 7.2 Bicycle-Friendliness 7.2.1 Bicycle Parking Facility 7.2.2 Changing Rooms and Showers 7.2.3 Staircase and Climbing Stairs 7.3 Workplace Design and Physical Activity 7.3.1 Dynamic Work Space 7.3.2 Electric Height-Adjustable Desks 7.3.3 Treadmill Desk and Bicycle Desk or Bicycle Seats, Etc. 7.3.4 Movement-Supporting Further Elements 7.3.5 Employee Information 7.4 Conclusion Literature 8 Outlook Office 4.0 8.1 Focus on the Human Being 8.2 The Change in Office Work 8.3 Future Challenges 8.4 Conclusion Literature 9 Summary and Outlook 9.1 Future Office Forms 9.2 Future Health Planning 9.2.1 Health and Well-Being 9.2.2 Cradle to Cradle 9.2.3 Optimization of Operating and Maintenance Practices 9.3 Future Office Organization Literature 10 Checklists, Regulations and Suggestions 10.1 Checklist for Networked Health-Relevant Factors for Office Buildings 10.1.1 Mutual Agreement 10.1.2 Individual Perception 10.1.3 Colors in General and in Particular 10.1.4 Adequate Furniture 10.1.5 Required Building Services Engineering 10.1.6 Medical Aspects 10.1.7 Movement in Regard to Workplace 10.1.8 Office 4.0 10.2 The Most Common Regulations (Professional Associations, Workplace Guidelines, Etc.), Rules and Information (See Chap. 4 ) 10.3 Reasons and Triggers for Diseases Literature Index