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

fYear

2014

fDate

4-6 June 2014

Firstpage

39

Lastpage

46

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovations for Community Services (I4CS), 2014 14th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Reims

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/I4CS.2014.6860551

Filename

6860551