[Relations between health and natural and artificial environment].

On June 2007 WHO issued their first report on impacts of environmental conditions on human health, "Country profiles of the environmental burden of disease". Data relevant to Italy indicate that health diseases caused by environment are 14%. Further papers demonstrated that, in highly technologically developed countries the air available in non industrial buildings (schools, offices, houses, etc.

[Subjective perception and comfort/discomfort ergonomic evaluation in school environment].

In order to carry out the present study a school place representative of the entire Italian school have been identified, an Institute within Rome province have been selected. The first step has been the measurement of the dimensional and structural features of the classrooms considered, their furniture and work-posts, also considering the activities carried on in the classrooms and their environmental conditions. Pictures and videos have been shot so as to have a deep analysis of the ergonomic level of the work-posts and, at the same time, an inquiry to understand the needs of the students with respect to the environment "classroom", the work-posts and didactical tools utilized, by means of a multiple answers questionnaire, drawing, and the implementation of the shared design method.