In order to ensure maximum occupational safety and efficiency in offices and production facilities, great importance is given to thermal comfort and ergonomics. The working areas and environment of the employees must be compatible with the conditions of the work performed. If the work of the employees is not compatible with the work tools and the work environment, the activities always present potential hazards. The aim of thermal comfort and ergonomics studies is to minimize the risk of injury and disability of the employees and to obtain the highest efficiency from the employees.

Although occupational accidents, especially in offices, have a lower risk than construction, metal or mining sector accidents, it is not important whether occupational accidents are large or small, but the importance given to employee health. Today, the number of occupational diseases in the offices is not to be underestimated.

As a result, it is necessary to prevent the personal exposure of the employees in the production facilities, in the office environment, regardless of the source. These exposures include temperature, humidity and airflow conditions, collectively termed thermal comfort. Indoor air quality in the working environment is directly related to the health and efficiency of the employees. Employees spend at least eight hours a day in these environments. The most important parameter for providing thermal comfort is the temperature of the working environment. The temperature of the working environment must be at a level where employees can feel comfortable, depending on whether the season is summer or winter.

In summer, the operating ambient temperature is mainly determined by the temperature of the outside air. In winter, it is determined depending on the purpose and shape of the working environment. Consequently, the operating temperature should be neither too high nor too low.

Thermal comfort conditions are also measured and analyzed by authorized laboratories within the framework of personal exposure measurements. In these measurement and analysis studies, the relevant standards and the criteria and limitations of legal regulations are complied with.