Thermal comfort and productivity - Evaluation of workplace environment in a task conditioned office

Takashi Akimoto; Shin ichi Tanabe; Takashi Yanai; Masato Sasaki

doi:10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.06.022

Thermal comfort and productivity - Evaluation of workplace environment in a task conditioned office

Takashi Akimoto, Shin ichi Tanabe, Takashi Yanai, Masato Sasaki

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Abstract

The environment of workplace in an office involved in creative work was evaluated in 2005 and 2006. The M Company has installed partition based task/ambient conditioning systems (TAC) and several environment-friendly systems, such as double-skin and thermal-storage structures. It was intended to investigate the influence of the worker's behavior and task conditioning on worker's thermal comfort and productivity. In this survey, immediate thermal environment and worker's behavior were measured, and occupants' surveys of thermal comfort and feeling of fatigue were conducted. We found that both activity level of occupant and exposed thermal environment is greatly different one by one. It is suggested that an increase in metabolic rate according to worker's behavior influenced on their thermal comfort. Based on the knowledge obtained from this investigation, needs for TAC are discussed.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	45-50
Number of pages	6
Journal	Building and Environment
Volume	45
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.buildenv.2009.06.022
Publication status	Published - 2010 Jan

Keywords

Field measurement
Productivity
Task/ambient conditioning system
Thermal comfort

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Environmental Engineering
Civil and Structural Engineering
Geography, Planning and Development
Building and Construction

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