Comfortable atmospheric conditions in the workplace are essential for the health and wellbeing of employees.

This booklet is a brief, non-technical guide to the various factors involved in achieving optimum conditions - that is, an environment that will satisfy the majority of people in the workplace. It discusses the environmental factors of temperature, air movement, humidity and radiant heat that determine people's comfort, and the physiological factors that affect how people perceive conditions around them. It also offers advice on solving common workplace problems involving atmospheric conditions.

Table of Contents

About this booklet
What the law requires
What is comfort?
Factors affecting atmospheric conditions
Equivalent temperature and comfort zones
Simple trouble shooting
Heating and ventilation problems in buildings
Measuring atmospheric conditions
Appendix: Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion table