Assessment of Workplace Indoor Thermophysiological Comfort of Staff of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria

This study assessed workplace indoor thermophysiological comfort of staff of Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria. Thermophysiological comfort simply means the degree of comfort that result from the complex interaction between body and the environment. Data for this study were collected from both objective and subjective evaluation was done to obtain data on the thermophysiological comfort of staff in EKSU. For the objective evaluation, data was collected using whirling/sling psychrometer. The whirling psychrometer was used to measure the indoor air temperature and relative humidity. Readings were taken in the offices of the selected samples. This was done between 10am and 3pm at one hour intervals (10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30am, 1:30pm, and 2:30pm). Results from this study revealed that, subjective thermophysiological comfort of staff between 1pm and 2pm showed that none of the respondents were feeling colder than comfortable and much cooler than comfortable, 0.5% were slightly cooler than comfortable, 28% of the respondents were comfortable, 56.2% of the respondents were slightly warmer than comfortable, 12% of the respondents were much warmer than comfortable, while 3.3% of the respondents were hotter than comfortable. This study therefore recommended that, the school management should ensure that the offices of members of staff are provided with air-conditioner system particularly in offices that have more than two members of staff. This study therefore concluded that, there was a significant relationship between workplace indoor thermophysiological comfort, health and productivity of workers in the study area.