<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Open-plan office is a distraction to employee performance. According to a study by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, working in a noisy office with ringtones, business conversations and office equipment sounds can lead to heart disease, because workplace noise causes stress. The paper focuses on noise analysis in an open-office work environment, the effect of noise on the selected operational position, as determined by standardized noise exposure LEX, 8h. Based on the results obtained, appropriate measures were proposed.</p></abstract>

Open-plan office is a distraction to employee performance. According to a study by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, working in a noisy office with ringtones, business conversations and office equipment sounds can lead to heart disease, because workplace noise causes stress. The paper focuses on noise analysis in an open-office work environment, the effect of noise on the selected operational position, as determined by standardized noise exposure LEX, 8h. Based on the results obtained, appropriate measures were proposed.

Elimination of Excessive Noise at the Open Office Workplace

Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Integrated Safety

Faculty of Materials Science and Technology in Trnava, Institute of Production Technologies

Research Papers Faculty of Materials Science and Technology Slovak University of Technology

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Open-plan office is a distraction to employee performance. According to a study by Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, working in a noisy office with ringtones,...

Elimination of Excessive Noise at the Open Office Workplace

Publicado en línea: 03 sept 2019

Páginas: 175 - 185

Recibido: 20 may 2019

Aceptado: 12 jun 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0018

Palabras clave
Noise, open-office, simulation, assessment, measurement

© 2019 Pavol Čekan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Elimination of Excessive Noise at the Open Office Workplace

Publicado en línea: 03 sept 2019

Páginas: 175 - 185

Recibido: 20 may 2019

Aceptado: 12 jun 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/rput-2019-0018

Palabras claveNoise, open-office, simulation, assessment, measurement

© 2019 Pavol Čekan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Palabras clave
Noise, open-office, simulation, assessment, measurement