Ecological performance of electrical consumer products: The influence of automation and information-based measures

Applied Ergonomics

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 37-47

  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 products; Design; Environmental concern; Habit; Performance

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ECOLOGY; ELECTRIC APPLIANCES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PRODUCT DESIGN;

ECOLOGICAL PERFORMANCE; LOW-LEVEL AUTOMATION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; AUTOMATION; BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE;

EID: 1242318726     PISSN: 00036870     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apergo.2003.09.001     Document Type: Article

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