To help you understand environmental analysis and to provide you with a variety of examples within this area, the following links are resources you can access.

Design and Environmental Analysis

This department of graduate studies at Cornell University has two primary areas of interest:  interior design, concentrating on the creation of interior spaces and associated products; and human-environment relations, which focuses on ergonomics, facility planning and management, environmental psychology, and housing.

Human factors and ergonomics is the study of indoor air pollution; lighting; environmentally induced stress; the environment of poverty; the design of offices to improve individual usability; sustainability; and universal design issues.

This site from Mindtools identifies factors that may create stress in the workplace environment.  When reduced, the environment is more organized and pleasant and can improve productivity.  These factors are air quality, lighting, decoration and tidiness, noise, furniture and ergonomics, and personal space.

This site explains one area to consider when conducting an environmental analysis:  indoor air quality.  Indoor air may not be as comfortable or safe as needed, which can affect the health and efficiency of employees.

This article from Flexibility, the Interactive Forum on New Ways of Working, explains how the office environment needs to change to encourage more dynamic ways of working.  Four types of work settings are mentioned:  hive, cell, den and club.