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Adjustability

The ability of a product to be changed in size

Alertness

The level of vigilance

Anthropometrics

The aspect of ergonomics that deals with body measurements

Biomechanics

The research and analysis of the mechanics of living organisms. Human factors includes the research and analysis of the mechanics (operation of our muscles

Clearance

The physical space between two objects.

Cognitive ergonomics

How mental processes

Comfort

A person's sense of physical or psychological ease.

Dynamic data

Human body measurements taken when the subject is in motion related to range and reach of various body movements. E.g. crawling height

Environmental factors

A set of psychological factors that can affect the performance of an individual that come from the environment that the individual is situated.

Ergonomics

The application of scientific information concerning the relationship between human beings and the design of products

Fatigue

A person's sense of physical or psychological tiredness.

dynamic data

measurements while performing a required task e.g. reaching abilities

Human error

Mistakes made by users

Human factors

A scientific discipline concerned with understanding how humans interact with elements of a system. It can also be considered the practice of designing products

Human information processing system

An automatic system that a person uses to interpret information and react. It is normally comprised of inputs

Interval data

based on numeric scales in which we know the order and the exact difference between the values. Organised into even divisions…

Nominal data scale

Nominal means 'by name' and used in classification or division of objects into discrete groups. Each of which is identified with a name e.g. category of cars

Ordinal data

A statistical data type that exists on an arbitrary numerical scale where the exact numerical value has no significance other than to rank a set of data points. Deals with the order or position of items such as words

Percentile range

That proportion of a population with a dimension at or less than a given value

Perception

The way in which something is regarded

Physiological factor data

Human factor data related to physical characteristics used to optimise the user's safety

Primary data

Data collected by a user for a specific purpose.

Psychological factor data

Human factor data related to psychological interpretations caused by light

Qualitative data

Typically descriptive data used to find out in depth the way people think or feel - their perception. Useful for research at the individual or small (focus) group level.

Quantitative data

Data that can be measured and recorded using numbers. Examples include height

Range of sizes

A selection of sizes a product is made in that caters for the majority of a market.

Ratio data scale

allows you to compare differences between numbers.

Reach

A range that a person can stretch to touch or grasp an object from a specified position.

Secondary data

Data collected by someone other than the user.

Static data

Human body measurements when the subject is still.

Structural data

Refers to measurements taken while the subject is in a fixed or standard position

Workplace environmental factors

These factors can be considered to maximise performance of a user in a role and reduce the risk of accidents. They can be categorised as: • Management (policies

Circular economy

An economy model in which resources remain in use for as long as possible

Clean technology

Innovative products and services that use renewable materials and energy while reducing emissions and waste.

Combined Heat and Power (CHP)

A system that simultaneously generates heat and electricity from either the combustion of fuel

Converging technologies

when different technologies merge…

Cradle to cradle

A design philosophy that aims to eliminate waste from the production

Cradle to grave

A design philosophy that considers the environmental effects of a product all of the way from manufacture to disposal.

Dematerialization

The reduction of total material and energy throughput of any product and service.

Design for the environment software

Software that allows designers to perform Life cycle analysis (LCA) on a product and assess its environmental impact.

Eco-design

A design strategy that focusses on three broad environmental categories - materials

Embodied energy

The total energy required to produce a product.

End-of-pipe technologies

Technology that is used to reduce pollutants and waste at the end of a process.

Energy distribution

The method with which energy is transported from a source to where it is used.

Energy storage

The method with which energy is stored for later use.

Energy utilization

The method with which energy is used.

Green design

Designing in a way that takes account of the environmental impact of the product throughout its life.

Green legislation

Laws and regulations that are based on conservation and sustainability principles

Incremental solutions

Products which are improved and developed over time leading to new versions and generations.

Individual energy generation

The ability of an individual to use devices to create small amounts of energy to run low-energy products.

Legislation

Laws considered collectively to address a certain topic.

Life cycle analysis (LCA)

The assessment of the effect a product has on the environment through five stages of its life: pre-production

production

distribution (including packaging

utilization

and disposal.

Linear economy

An economy based on the make

Local combined heat and power (CHP)

CHP plants that generate heat and power for a local community - the plant is close enough to the community so that the heat generated can be dispersed through the community efficiently.

National and international grid systems

An electrical supply distribution network that can be national or international. International grids allow electricity generated in one country to be used in another.

Non-renewable resources

A natural resource that cannot be re-made or re-grown as it does not naturally re-form at a rate that makes its use sustainable

Product cycle

Also known as the product life cycle

Product recovery strategies

The processes of separating the component parts of a product to recover the parts and materials.

Quantification of carbon emissions

Defining numerically the carbon emissions generated by a particular product

Radical solutions

Where a completely new product is devised by going back to the roots of a problem and thinking about a solution in a different way.

Recondition

Rebuilding a product so that it is in an “as new” condition

Recovery of raw materials

Strategies for the separation of components of a product in order to recover raw materials.

Recycle

Recycling refers to using the materials from obsolete products to create other products.

Re-engineer

To redesign components or products to improve their characteristics or performance.

Renewability

The level at which a resource is renewable. The rate that a resource can be replenished.

Renewable resources

A natural resource that can replenished with the passage of time

Repair

The reconstruction or renewal of any part of an existing structure or device.

Reserves

natural resources that have been identified in terms of quantity and quality.

Resources

Resources are the stock or supply of materials that are available in a given context.

Re-use

Reuse of a product in the same context or in a different context.

System level solutions

Solutions that are implemented to deal with the whole system

The precautionary principle

The anticipation of potential problems in relation to the environmental impact of the production

The prevention principle

The avoidance or minimization of producing waste in relation to the production

Waste mitigation strategies

Strategies used to reduce the waste produced by a product or in the production and disposal of a product.

Aesthetic models

A model developed to look and feel like the final product.

Animation

The ability to link graphic screens together in such a way as to simulate motio