Research Catalog

Title

New environments for working : the re-design of offices and environmental systems for new ways of working / Andrew Laing [and others].

Publication

London : Construction Research Communications, 1998.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Laing, Andrew.
• Building Research Establishment.
• DEGW London Limited.

Description

x, 156 pages : illustrations; 30 cm

Summary

The demands made on office buildings and environmental systems designed for typical nine to five use are changing. This book defines a number of modern working patterns, and considers how a knowledge of these might influence the development of specifications for office construction and fit-out. The publication is divided into five sections: Overview - how change in office use demands a new approach to environmental services; New research - uses models to explain work patterns, building types and HVAC systems; Affinities - between work patterns, building types, and environmental systems; Case studies - real implications of new ways of working and occupants' reactions to their workplace; Product directions and design implications - the changing nature of IT and office work.

Subject

• Buildings > Environmental engineering
• Office layout
• Office decoration
• Work environment
• Organizational behavior
• Office layout > Case studies
• Office buildings > Environmental aspects > Case studies
• Buildings > Environmental engineering > Case studies
• Office buildings > Environmental aspects
• Buildings > Environmental engineering
• Office decoration
• Office layout
• Organizational behavior
• Work environment
• Kantoren
• Arbeidsomstandigheden
• Klimaatregeling
• Architecture
• Building science
• Air conditioning, heating, lighting, ventilating and refrigeration

Genre/Form

Case studies

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [138]-139) and index.

Contents

Pt. 1. Overview. 1. Objectives. 2. Methods of research. 3. Conclusions -- Pt. 2. A new research approach. 4. The research model. Affinities between the work patterns the building types and the environmental systems. 5. The work pattern model. 6. The building type model. 7. The environmental system model. 8. The cost model -- Pt. 3. Affinities between work patterns, building types and environmental systems. 9. Affinities between the work patterns: building types. 10. Affinities between the work patterns: environmental systems. 11. Affinities between the HVAC systems and building types. 12. Optimal overall affinities between the work patterns, the building types and the HVAC systems. 13. The dynamics of change -- Pt. 4. Case studies. 14. Organisations in Europe and the USA. 15. Case studies of technologies. 16. Implications of the case studies: learning from occupants' reactions -- Pt. 5. Product directions and design implications. 17. Implications for the design of buildings and BMS. 18. Product directions for environmental systems. 19. Implications for lighting. 20. Implications for space layout and furniture. 21. The impact of software -- App. A. HVAC system descriptions and definitions -- App. B. Occupant survey questionnaire -- App. C. Cost study modelling assumptions.

ISBN

• 0419209905
• 9780419209904

LCCN

99207224

OCLC

• ocm40583665
• 40583665
• SCSB-382490

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library