What people do with consumption feedback: A long-term living lab study of a home energy management system

Interacting with Computers

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 551-576

  Schwartz, Tobias ^a   Stevens, Gunnar ^b   Jakobi, Timo ^b   Denef, Sebastian ^a   Ramirez, Leonardo ^a   Wulf, Volker ^b   Randall, Dave ^b  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR APPLIED INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FIT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SIEGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

empirical studies in interaction design; sustainability; user studies

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; POWER MANAGEMENT; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENERGY FEEDBACKS; FUTURE TECHNOLOGIES; HOME ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INTERACTION DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION; SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOURS; SUSTAINABLE INTERACTIONS; USER STUDY;

ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84983261872     PISSN: 09535438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/iwc/iwu009     Document Type: Article

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