ABSTRACT
The built environment affects our physical, mental and social well-being. Here renowned professionals from practice and academia explore the evidence from basic research as well as case studies to test this belief. They show that many elements in the built environment contribute to establishing a milieu which helps people to be healthier and have the energy to concentrate while being free to be creative. The health and well-being agenda pervades society in many different ways but we spend much of our lives in buildings, so they have an important role to play within this total picture. This demands us to embrace change and think beyond the conventional wisdom while retaining our respect for it. Creating the Productive Workplace shows how we need to balance the needs of people and the ever-increasing enabling technologies but also to take advantage of the healing powers of Nature and let them be part of environmental design. This book aims to lead to more human-centred ways of designing the built environment with deeper meaning and achieve healthier and more creative, as well as more productive places to work.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|108 pages
Health, well–being and productivity landscape
chapter 2|16 pages
The business case for sustainable healthy buildings
chapter 5|12 pages
User-centred workspace design
part II|150 pages
Research evidence
chapter 13|30 pages
The Robert L. Preger Intelligent WorkplaceTM
chapter 15|18 pages
Measuring the IEQ contribution to productivity and well-being
part III|133 pages
Experiential evidence from surveys and building case studies
chapter 22|14 pages
Achieving holistic sustainability
part IV|26 pages
Future horizons