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Environmental Ergonomics
"…thermal
perception...factors can include demographics (gender,
age, economic status), context (building design, building
function, season, climate, semantics, social conditioning),
and cognition (attitude, preference, and expectations)."
(McIntyre, Baker, Standeven, Oseland, Griffiths)
Conditioned surfaces like radiant floors are
products that should be tested for their contribution to
healthcare.
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In 1990, having already spent more than a decade in the trades and design world, Robert Bean started to study the evolution of North
America and the relationships between industrial design,
demographics, housing needs, and human physiology and
psychology. This led him to the University of Calgary
and the Business Owner Transition Program where he studied
change and leadership under
Dr. Jim Graham and Dr. Joe Lischeron,
Professor Emeritus at the Haskayne School of Business. For Robert it
was a life altering experience.
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Robert addressing the U.S. Army Corp in Dallas, Texas |
www.healthyheating.com is about environmental ergonomics
but its also about the importance of recognizing the needs
and wants of an aging population base - consumers are
finally in control - if you let them they will lead the way
in HVAC.
It is why we have included these business presentations
in this web site.
We like to think of demographics and environmental
ergonomics as the yin of the yang (nuts and bolts) of health,
wellness and comfort.
Your donations for
The Home
Owner's Guide to Indoor Comfort Quality and
The
Architectural
Guide to Radiant Based HVAC Systems allows
us to make these free downloadable files
available to you and other visitors:
AGM Kelowna, Technology
(.pdf slide show)
AGM Calgary, Evaluating Your Team
(.pdf slide show)
AGM Edmonton, Communicating
(.pdf slide show)
AGM Boston, Consumers in Control
(.pdf slide show)
Demographics and Housing Needs
(.pdf slide show)
"Despite the strong correlation between buildings,
environment, and human health, the indoor air quality (IAQ)
markets continue to focus on individual segments rather than
providing integrated solutions. Along with this, the
fragmentation of the industry at both provincial and federal
levels poses further hurdles. As a viable solution,
researchers, designers, builders, and manufacturers can
collaborate to develop and market integrated products,
systems, and programs. This unification includes involving
the various concerned parties - architects, health
professionals, and engineers - in the designing and
construction of buildings."
Excerpt from Frost & Sullivan Report
"By connecting
manufacturers to healthcare organizations that are building new
facilities or remodeling existing ones, they will be able to
test product performance and outcomes..."
Excerpt from Interior & Sources Health Designs,
Debra J. Levin |
