Among office workers, the sedentary work-related health challenges are mainly associated
with the fact that they often sit for up to 10 hr a working day. Members of the Research
Group conducted a research program to assist the office workers of an international
telecommunication company's affiliate in Budapest to enhance comfort levels in the
office work environment. The data collection included a Comfort Survey to reveal employees'
sense of comfort related to Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) components and the
characteristics of employees' feelings and behavior during working hours. Moreover,
a measurement of IEQ components was carried out and focused on air quality, lighting,
sound exposure and thermal comfort parameters. Based on the survey's results, a Creative
Concept was developed to empower office workers to address work-related health risks,
notably sedentary work risks. The Creative Concept consists of five elements: a Comfort
Map as an IEQ-related application to select a suitable workplace, redesigning concepts
to increase the use of lounges, a newly developed work pad to improve personal hygiene
in an office environment, recommendations for creating a health-enabling work environment
and a workplace training program to raise health awareness. After validation, our
Creative Concept can function as a multi-component workplace health promotion method
to offer assistance for a wide variety of offices to create a health-enabling working
environment.
