Creating the Productive Workplace

Name: Creating the Productive Workplace
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ISBN: 9780415351379

ISBN-10: 0415351375

ISBN-13: 9780415351379

Edition: 2nd 2006 (Revised)

Authors: Derek Clements-Croome

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A new edition of a classic title, featuring updated and additional material to reflect todays competitive work environments, contributed by a team of international experts. Essential for anyone involved in the design, management and use of work places, this is a critical multidisciplinary review of the factors affecting productivity, as well a practical solutions manual for common problems and issues.

Book details

List price: $180.00
Edition: 2nd
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 10/17/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 496
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English




Pleasure and joy, and their role in human life




Consciousness, well-being and the senses




Indoor environment and productivity




Emotion and the environment : the forgotten dimension




A broad definition of comfort as an aid to meeting commitments on carbon dioxide reduction




Stress and the changing nature of work




The economics of enhanced environmental services in buildings




Assessment of link between productivity and indoor air quality




The cognitive workplace




Productivity in buildings : the 'killer' variables




Room temperature effects on office work




Indoor air quality effects on office work




Lighting for high-quality workplaces




Attention and performance in the workplace




Concentration and attention : new directions in theory and assessment




The narrative office : BBC case study




Windows and office worker performance : the SMUD Call Center and desktop studies




Managerial and employee involvement in design processes




The Robert L. Preger Intelligent Workplace and the Building as Power Plant/Invention Works at Carnegie Mellon University




Air-conditioning systems of the KI building, Tokyo




Employee productivity and the intelligent workplace




These four walls : the real British office




Future design - guidelines and tools




Optimising the working environment




Measurement : the key to the reinvention of the office




A procedure to estimate the cost-effectiveness of the indoor environment improvements in office work




Building performance : the value management approach