Manuale per la prevenzione del rischio incendio negli interventi di riqualificazione energetica degli edifici per il lavoro

Il volume presenta i principali risultati del progetto RiqualiFire Prevenire il rischio incendio nella riqualificazione energetica degli edifici, co-finanziato dalla Direzione Regionale per la Campania dell’Inail e dall’Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II

Human factors and ergonomics design principles and guidelines : helping designers to be more creative

This is a pre-copyedited version of a contribution published in: Proceedings of the 20th Congress of the International Ergonomics Association (IEA 2018). IEA 2018. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 824, edited by Bagnara S., Tartaglia R., Albolino S., Alexander T., Fujita Y., published by Springer, Cham. The definitive authenticated version is available online via https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-96071-5_17.The knowledge and application of Human Factors/Ergonomics (HFE) principles and guidelines can help designers to develop better products and services. However, they may also include design constraints that may affect designers’ creativity. Although both HFE principles and guidelines and creativity are considered essential in the design of products and services, the link between them is little researched. In this article a discussion is presented on the influence that HFE principles and guidelines can exert on the creativity of designers. It also presents case studies of HFE principles and guidelines and discusses how they can influence designers’ creativity. In addition, a set of recommendations is suggested to help designers apply ergonomic design principles and guidelines to stimulate creativity. It is concluded that HFE principles and guidelines can assist designers in creating safer and more efficient products and services and can also broaden their creative process and therefore the originality and appropriateness of products and services

Green Buildings: The Role of HFE

Considering the critical impact of construction sector on sustainable development, a number of green building assessment systems and rating tools have been developed to foster building stakeholders, professionals, and consumers, to request, adopt, and implement sustainable goals in the design of buildings. Starting from a literature review on relationships between HFE and building sustainability, the chapter investigates the current role of HFE in the design of green sustainable buildings. A comparison of the main sustainable rating tools, from the human factors perspective, is presented in order to identify where, how, and what human-related factors are included in the assessment criteria. A discussion about the contribution that HFE has already done, and may further provide, to the green building domain is proposed