Interface design for in-home displays

de Moura, PK; Cavalli, CB; da Rocha, CG

Interface design for in-home displays

de Moura, PK Cavalli, CB da Rocha, CG

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Citation:: Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2019, 18 pp. 130 - 144
Issue Date:: 2019-04-01

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dc.contributor.author	de Moura, PK	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cavalli, CB	en_US
dc.contributor.author	da Rocha, CG https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6764-1724	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-08T06:36:13Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-08T06:36:13Z
dc.date.issued	2019-04-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Sustainable Production and Consumption, 2019, 18 pp. 130 - 144	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/139890
dc.description.abstract	© 2018 Institution of Chemical Engineers In-home displays can support behavioral changes by providing users with real time information (or feedback) on their energy consumption. Previous studies have shown that the design of such devices plays an important role in effectively communicating such information to users and that preferences are culturally-depend. This paper examines information elements best suited to the Brazilian context for children, adults, and elderly. It explores the preference, ranking, and understanding in addition to the ideal in-home display for each user profile. Lastly, display prototypes suited to each user profile are also proposed based on the results of seven focus groups totaling fifty participants. Real-time consumption was one of the most important information whereas penalty was the least. All participants preferred historical comparison to normative comparison. Numerical formats were better understood than ambient formats for real-time consumption. In addition, children and adults preferred and designed ambient formats whereas elderly preferred numerical information in monetary unit. Elderly would like to keep the display simple whereas adults and children need more interactive designs. These findings contribute to more effective in-home display design particularly for the Brazilian context, where smart meter and in home-displays are not extensively adopted.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Sustainable Production and Consumption	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1016/j.spc.2018.11.003	en_US
dc.title	Interface design for in-home displays	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	18	en_US
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utslib.for	1402 Applied Economics	en_US
utslib.for	1604 Human Geography	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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pubs.volume	18	en_US

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© 2018 Institution of Chemical Engineers In-home displays can support behavioral changes by providing users with real time information (or feedback) on their energy consumption. Previous studies have shown that the design of such devices plays an important role in effectively communicating such information to users and that preferences are culturally-depend. This paper examines information elements best suited to the Brazilian context for children, adults, and elderly. It explores the preference, ranking, and understanding in addition to the ideal in-home display for each user profile. Lastly, display prototypes suited to each user profile are also proposed based on the results of seven focus groups totaling fifty participants. Real-time consumption was one of the most important information whereas penalty was the least. All participants preferred historical comparison to normative comparison. Numerical formats were better understood than ambient formats for real-time consumption. In addition, children and adults preferred and designed ambient formats whereas elderly preferred numerical information in monetary unit. Elderly would like to keep the display simple whereas adults and children need more interactive designs. These findings contribute to more effective in-home display design particularly for the Brazilian context, where smart meter and in home-displays are not extensively adopted.

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