Environmental ergonomics : commercial kitchens in a semi-tropical city /

Environmental ergonomics : commercial kitchens in a semi-tropical city /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:Gangiah, Sasi, author.
Imprint:Cape Town, South Africa : AOSIS, 2022.
Description:1 online resource (xxi, 333 pages) : illustrations (chiefly colour)
Language:English
Subject:
Kitchens -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Durban.
Kitchens -- Planning -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Durban.
Restaurants -- Environmental aspects -- South Africa -- Durban.
Human engineering -- South Africa -- Durban.
Environmental engineering -- South Africa -- Durban.
Industrial hygiene -- South Africa -- Durban.
Industrial safety -- South Africa -- Durban.
Heat.
Ventilation.
Humidity.
Noise.
Lighting.
Electronic books.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/13565960
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Other authors / contributors:AOSIS Publishing, publisher.
ISBN:9781779952059
1779952058
9781779952042
177995204X
9781779952035
Digital file characteristics:text file
PDF
Notes:Available through AOSIS Scholarly Books.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 291-330) and index
Open access
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Also issued in print format.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (viewed Apr. 06, 2023)
Summary:"This book focuses on the environmental ergonomics of restaurant kitchens and the challenges related hereto in a semitropical city from a chef's perspective. It establishes the urgent need for commercial kitchens to be conducive to the well-being of kitchen workers as heat illness is unreported in this industry. This research is relevant from an occupational health and safety point of view. It evaluates the indoor environmental quality (IEQ) parameters such as heat, ventilation and humidity, noise and lighting in kitchens, cognisant that with different cuisines, the kitchen loads are different. The goals of occupational safety are health intervention for worker comfort to enhanced work performance. The book generates new knowledge regarding the factors affecting the body mass index of kitchen workers, prediction of heat and humidity near cooking stoves, discomfort near ovens, lighting in preparation areas and factors affecting reaction to stove noise. The book implements an exploratory design with multiple case studies."--
Table of Contents:
  • Overview and background of the study
  • Heat and thermal comfort
  • Ventilation and humidity
  • Noise and its effect on workers' health
  • Lighting in kitchens
  • Research methodology
  • Data presentation, analysis and discussion : heat and thermal comfort
  • Data presentation, analysis and discussion : ventilation and humidity
  • Data presentation, analysis and discussion : noise in kitchens
  • Data presentation, analysis and discussion : lighting in kitchens
  • Conclusion and recommendations.

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