2004 Volume 29 Issue 93 Pages 67-76
The indoor environment such as indoor air quality, temperature, humidity, noise level and illuminance, has a great affect on the productivity and health of occupants. When the workplace environment is improved in a building and the productivity of workers increases, the personnel cost for office workers can be reduced effectively. Researches of the productivity in offices and schools are not so active in Japan while it has been a very important research theme in the USA and European countries. In this paper, many research projects are reviewed in order to study the applicability of the productivity concept to Japanese offices. First, several definitions of productivity are reviewed and appropriate concept is discussed to apply to Japan. Second, the method of measurement and evaluation index are described. An evaluation index of productivity is proposed in this paper.
