Environmental conservation in the domestic domain: The influence of technical design features and person-based factors

Ergonomics

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1053-1072

  Sauer, Jürgen ^a   Rüttinger, Bruno ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer product; Design; Environmental concern; Environmental conservation

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC DOMAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTEGRATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

ERGONOMICS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ERGONOMICS; FEMALE; FIELD EXPERIMENT; HABITUATION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN FACTORS RESEARCH; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME; WATER CONTENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN ENGINEERING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 4444235575     PISSN: 00140139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00140130410001686302     Document Type: Article

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