Cooking behaviours: A user observation study to understand energy use and motivate savings

Work

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 2122-2128

  Oliveira, Luis ^a   Mitchell, Val ^a   Badni, Kevin ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cookers; Energy saving; user observation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COOKING; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY CONSERVATION; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSERVATION OF ENERGY RESOURCES; COOKING; COST SAVINGS; ELECTRICITY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MOTIVATION; OBSERVATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84859831906     PISSN: 10519815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/WOR-2012-1016-2122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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