Designing low-complexity electrical consumer products for ecological use

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 521-531

  Sauer, Juergen ^a   Wiese, Bettina S ^b   Rüttinger, Bruno ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Rheinland Pfälzische Technische Universität Kaiserslautern Landau   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer product; Control belief; Environmental concern; Habits; Performance

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ON-PRODUCT INFORMATION (OPI);

ERGONOMICS;

WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CONTROL STRATEGY; ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; HABIT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0141987857     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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