Published August 18, 2014
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Conference paper
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Holistic sustainable development: floor-laying workers' case
Authors/Creators
- 1. Department of Biological Sciences Université du Québec à Montréal Canada
- 2. École de design Université du Québec à Montréal Canada
- 3. Mechanical Egineering Department Ecole de technologie supérieure Canada
Description
Maintaining ageing workers in the workforce and attracting new workers is an
important issue for the floor laying business sector. The aim of this project is to identify solutions having a good probability of success in an ever-changing and greener reality, meaning: solutions that promote health and safety without compromising work efficiency and at an acceptable cost. Three work teams - combining expertise in ergonomics, design and engineering - were formed. In this paper, we summarize the points of views on sustainability expressed by the different actors involved, we present an example of a solution developed – a multi-function trolley -, and briefly exposes issues related to the others products under development.