Title :
User-centered design for smart solar-powered micro-grid communities
Author :
Wienhofen, Leendert W. M. ; Lindkvist, Carmel ; Noebels, Matthias
Author_Institution :
Software Eng., Safety & Security, SINTEF ICT, Trondheim, Norway
Abstract :
CoSSMic (Collaborating Smart Solar powered Micro-grids) is an EU funded project aimed at developing a system for smart management and control of solar energy. The system must be relevant to a community of end-users and other stakeholders. Two processes are described here to contribute in meeting this aim, user-centered design and lean startup product design. We describe an iterative approach to the design of the system which incorporates these two processes and the impact it has had on results.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; iterative methods; power engineering computing; solar cells; solar power; user centred design; CoSSMic; EU funded project; collaborating smart solar powered microgrids; iterative approach; smart management; solar energy control; solar panel; user-centered design; Business; Communities; Conferences; Games; Interviews; Prototypes; User centered design; Lean development; User-centered design; smart energy micro-grid; user community;
Conference_Titel :
Innovations for Community Services (I4CS), 2014 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Reims
DOI :
10.1109/I4CS.2014.6860551
