Environmental Ergonomics: Principles, Methods, and Applications

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).

• ContentsPreface AcknowledgementsAbout the Author Part 1: Environmental ErgonomicsChapter 1: Environmental ErgonomicsChapter 2. Measuring the environmentChapter 3. Measuring and predicting human response to the environmentPart 2: Thermal EnvironmentsChapter 4. Environmental ergonomics and the assessment of the thermal environmentChapter 5. Case study - thermal comfort in an open plan officeChapter 6. Case study – The avoidance of heat casualties in special forces selection trialsChapter 7. Case study – Environmental ergonomics survey of a cold storePart 3: Environmental Ergonomics and the assessment of noise and the acoustic environmentChapter 8. Human response to the acoustic environmentChapter 9. Case study – An environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a paper millChapter 10. Noise annoyanceChapter 11. Case study – Environmental ergonomics survey of noise in a call centre in a large open plan officePart 4: VibrationChapter 12. Human response to whole-body vibrationChapter 13: Case study: Assessment of vibration ride quality in a petrol and electric carChapter 14. Case study – Assessment of vibration in an officeChapter 15. Human response to holding a vibrating object Chapter 16. Case study – Assessment of vibration at work in a dockyard involving vibrating toolsPart 5: Environmental Ergonomics, Light and the visual environmentChapter 17. Human response to lightChapter 18. Case study - Environmental ergonomics lighting survey of an open plan officePart 6: Environmental Ergonomics and Air QualityChapter 19. Air QualityChapter 20. Case study – Environmental Ergonomics assessment of air quality in a university dining Hall.Part 7: Environmental Ergonomics for diverse environments and diverse populationsChapter 21. Environmental Ergonomics in diverse environmentsChapter 22. Environmental Ergonomics, Individual differences and diverse populationsPart 8: Environmental Ergonomics and integrated environmentsChapter 23 Integrated environmentsChapter 24 Case study - An integrated environmental ergonomics assessment of a ‘gold-standard’ office.Appendix 1Appendix 2Appendix 3Appendix 4Appendix 5Appendix 6Appendix 7Appendix 8Appendix 9Appendix 10Appendix 11Appendix 12ReferencesIndex