Indoor environment
Many people spend most of their working time indoors. It is therefore important that the indoor environment does not lead to accidents or ill health. To create a good indoor working environment, there are rules on sound, light, air and temperature.
The ongoing work of monitoring the indoor environment takes place through systematic work environment management, for example through safety inspections.
In the event of faults in the indoor environment, such as poor ventilation or too high/low temperatures, faults must be reported in accordance with the procedure where you work. The procedure for reporting faults can be found on the pages about the university's campus.
It is important to have a dialogue between employees and the head of department/equivalent if you experience problems in the indoor environment. We are differently sensitive and sometimes special measures are needed based on individual needs.
Responsibilities for building-related ill health
Building-related ill health at the workplace
Workplace lighting
The lighting in a workplace should be adapted to the visual requirements of the work tasks and to the different conditions of individual workers. Poor lighting exposes the eye to strain that can lead to headaches and eye irritation, for example. Common problems with lighting are that it is inadequate, that there is a lack of maintenance of luminaires or that people are dazzled by incident light, for example.
The Swedish Work Environment Authority's regulations on workplace design (in Swedish)
The Swedish Work Environment Authority's regulations on working at a computer screen (in Swedish)
If you have problems or questions regarding lighting, contact the work environment engineer at the unit for environment and physical work environment at the building department or contact the university's occupational health service.
Workplace noise
Noise is usually defined as undesirable sound and can affect human health in different ways. Depending on its nature, it can cause fatigue and contribute to stress, but it can also lead to more permanent damage such as hearing loss. Common sources of noise in an office environment include sounds from ventilation, computers and other people's conversations.
The Swedish Work Environment Authority's regulations on noise (in Swedish)
The Swedish Work Environment Authority's theme pages on noise (in Swedish)
If you have problems or questions regarding noise, contact the university's work environment engineer at the Unit for Environment and Physical Work Environment at the Building Department or contact the university's occupational health service.