Title :
Assessing user behaviour for changes in the design of energy using domestic products
Author :
Elias, E. W A ; Dekoninck, E.A. ; Culley, S.J.
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
domestic appliances; environmental factors; behaviour based design assessment procedure; domestic products; energy demand; energy efficient products; human interaction; minimum energy level; user behaviour; Consumer electronics; Educational products; Energy efficiency; Energy states; Government; Home appliances; Humans; Plasma displays; Plasma transport processes; TV; Eco-design; behaviour analysis; domestic energy; energy efficiency; theoretical minimum; user behaviour;
Conference_Titel :
Electronics and the Environment, 2008. ISEE 2008. IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2272-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2298-2
DOI :
10.1109/ISEE.2008.4562920