Assessing User Behaviour for Changes in the Design of Energy Using Domestic Products

Edward Elias; Elies Dekoninck; Stephen Culley

doi:10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562920

Assessing User Behaviour for Changes in the Design of Energy Using Domestic Products

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This paper explores the contribution that user behaviour could make to the creation of new energy efficient products. It does this by first looking at the energy demand of 6 households then discusses the identification of the products with the highest potential for improvement. This is then narrowed down to products with a high energy impact and those where a high level of human interaction and use is also evident. A model for guiding design changes based on a theoretical minimum energy level for each product is presented. The paper ends with a behaviour based design assessment procedure based on the results of the 6 household study.

Original language	English
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562920
Publication status	Published - 19 May 2008
Event	IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (ISEE 2008) - San Francisco, USA United States Duration: 19 May 2008 → 22 May 2008

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Conference	IEEE International Symposium on Electronics and the Environment (ISEE 2008)
Country/Territory	USA United States
City	San Francisco
Period	19/05/08 → 22/05/08

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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 13 Climate Action

Keywords

behaviour analysis
Eco-design
domestic energy
user behaviour
theoretical minimum.
energy efficiency

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