Abstract:
Occupational health is a cross disciplinary area concerned with protecting the health
of people engaged in work or employment. If is increasingly becoming a serious concern for industries
and companies to safeguard the well-being of their employees. When address the physical hazards
under occupation health, provision of thermal comfort is very important, especially to avoid
hyperthermia condition which could be a vital issue in tropical climates. Hlence, there should be a
HVAC system like Evaporative cooling which has best performances in terms of thermal comfort as
well as the occupational health. Evaporative cooling is a best alternative for providing thermal
comfort environment as it is very much energy efficient and also it could control the spreading of
Biological hazards such like bacteria, virus and fungi.
Citation:
Arandara, K.P., Jayasinghe, C., & Jayasinghe, M.T.R. (2011). Evaporative cooling for occupational health in tropical climates. In N. Ratnayake (Ed.), Proceedings of the Civil Engineering Research for Industry Symposium 2011 (pp.107-112). Department of Civil Engineering, University of Moratuwa.
