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Title: | Reducing energy use in social housing: examining contextual design constraints and enablers |
Authors: | Lilley, Debra Bhamra, T.A. Haines, Victoria Mitchell, Val |
Keywords: | Energy Comfort Design for sustainable behaviour |
Issue Date: | 2010 |
Publisher: | © Japan Society Mechanical Engineering (JSME) |
Citation: | LILLEY, D. ... et al, 2010. Reducing energy use in social housing: examining contextual design constraints and enablers. 6th International Symposium on Environmentally Conscious Design and Inverse Manufacturing, Sapporo, Japan, 7-9 December 2010. |
Abstract: | Domestic energy use in the UK is rising. Because of
the low rates of demolition, and the difference in
efficiency between new and old houses, to reduce
domestic energy use, the existing stock of homes must
use and emit less. To achieve a substantial and rapid
reduction in energy use we need to engage with
occupants in meaningful and effective ways to prompt
more efficient behaviour. Carbon, Control and Comfort
is a three-year collaborative research project aiming to
engage users in the design of control systems that they
like, that allow them to create the comfort conditions
they want and which, through using the technology and
fabric of their homes more effectively, reduces their
energy use. Drawing on the findings of a crossdisciplinary
literature review, the paper explores how
occupants' comfort practices impact upon energy use. It
goes on to discuss the design constraints and sociotechnical
factors which could inform the development of
devices or systems that enhance and promote energy
reducing comfort practices. |
Description: | This conference paper was presented at Eco Design 2009: http://www.mstc.or.jp/imf/ed/ |
Version: | Accepted for publication |
URI: | https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/6545 |
Appears in Collections: | Conference Papers and Presentations (Design School)
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