抄録
The idea of work-place productivity is expected to become an increasing important subject in the field of building servicing engineering. There has already been much research in this field outside Japan. It is possible to create new concepts of work-place productivity by applying a new technique which integrates past research. But more research and information are necessary to apply the idea to the actual planning of buildings. In this paper we summarize the history of research in this field and discuss important problem for the future.