Development of Ergonomic Classroom

Ebora, Biily Joel O., De Rosa, Roxander P., Rago, Ivan Roi R., Sogoni, Clarisse Geanne P., Tradio, Deolito B. Jr., ”Development of Ergonomic Classroom at Bukal Elementary School”, Unpublished project Study for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering, Manuel S. Enverga University Foundation, March 2015. This paper present that the condition of school facilities has an important impact on student performance. In particular, this research demonstrates that comfortable classroom temperature and furniture are very important to make student performance more efficient. A number of studies have measured overall building condition and its connection to student performance; these have consistently shown that students attending schools in better condition leave behind students in substandard buildings by several percentage points. From the gathered data, such as the anthropometric measurements of the students and the actual physical environment of the classroom, the proponents developed an ergonomic classroom design in accordance to the ergonomic principle. The measured anthropometric data of the students is used as the basis in designing the ergonomic chair. The ergonomic principle used in the study was the design of workplace which deals with the internal environment such as the visual environment in particular to the lighting levels, visibility. Also to the auditory environment specifically in the intensity and duration of noise- sound that is undesired and possible harmful to a worker’s sense of hearing and to the climate that deal with what the students feels while studying such as the air temperature, humidity, air movement, and radiation. In order to evaluate the developed classroom design, the proponents conduct a survey and evaluate the design in terms of comfortability and safety.