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Environmental Ergonomics Lab
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The lab designs safe and comfortable homes and workplaces by studying how the human body responds.
AboutAbout the lab
Designing living environments with people at the center.
The Environmental Ergonomics Lab studies how to create environments where people can live safely, healthily, and comfortably, from a human-centered perspective.
Focusing on homes, workplaces, cities, and extreme environments where temperature, humidity, light, and other factors interact, the lab develops evaluation methods, technologies for controlling the environment, and design guidelines.
While valuing individual differences among people, the lab aims to achieve both energy savings and well-being.
Key terms
- Ergonomics
- The study of making tools and environments easier and safer to use by fitting them to the characteristics of the human body and mind
- Well-being
- A state in which a person is fulfilled in body and mind, healthy, and happy
- Facility management
- Keeping and operating facilities such as buildings and equipment in good condition, from the perspectives of both the people who use them and the management of the organization
ResearchResearch themes
Combining knowledge of the human body and of the environment, the lab scientifically evaluates people's physiological responses and the effects of the environment on health. Research proceeds along three pillars, and the lab also aims to create new evaluation indicators and standards.
*Illustrative imageEvaluating the Effects of the Environment on the Human Body
Using physiological and ergonomic measurements, the lab objectively evaluates how thermal conditions, light, and other environmental factors affect the human body. It also studies the design of built environments based on human diversity, including individual differences, and research on improving comfort by enhancing physiological functions through stimuli such as functional food ingredients, aroma, and light.
*Illustrative imageManaging Workplaces, Homes, and Extreme Environments
The lab studies sustainable facility management for workplaces and homes that achieves both energy savings and well-being. It also works on the effects of functional clothing and workwear on health and performance, and on assessing health risks in evacuation shelter environments and developing ways to improve them.
*Illustrative imageEnvironmental Control Integrating the Human Body and the Environment
The lab develops technologies for measuring health status with wearable devices and similar tools, management of living environments using big data from many sensors inside homes, and methods that automatically evaluate indicators of the thermal environment on the human side through image analysis. It also works on creating new indicators and standards to protect comfort, safety, and health.
MembersFaculty
The members of the Environmental Ergonomics Lab consist of faculty members, academic researchers, administrative assistants, and doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students.
- Associate ProfessorHitoshi Wakabayashi
- Assistant ProfessorSang-il Lee
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The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Mano en el espectro visible y en el infrarrojo térmico” Amfeli / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Evaluating the Effects of the Environment on the Human Body: “FEMA - 30426 - Thermal Imaging for Emergency Responders Took Kit” Manny Broussard / Public domain (cropped)
- Managing Workplaces, Homes, and Extreme Environments: “Modern office workspace featuring a computer” Shixart1985 / CC BY 2.0 (cropped)
- Environmental Control Integrating the Human Body and the Environment: “NZERTF Living Room ( )” National Institute of Standards and Technology / Public domain (cropped)
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