Simple prompts reduce inadvertent energy consumption from lighting in office buildings
| Autor: | C. Philip Beaman, Kevin Couling, Abbas Elmualim, Richard M. Tetlow |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Tetlow, Richard M, Beaman, C Philip, Elmualim, Abbas A, Couling, Kevin |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Engineering
Architectural engineering Environmental Engineering business.industry Geography Planning and Development Energy performance post-completion errors Building and Construction Energy consumption energy performance Building design Computer security computer.software_genre Turn off Action (philosophy) occupant behaviour non-domestic buildings business building controlsa computer Civil and Structural Engineering Simple (philosophy) |
| Zdroj: | Building and Environment. 81:234-242 |
| ISSN: | 0360-1323 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.buildenv.2014.07.003 |
| Popis: | Building designs regularly fail to achieve the anticipated levels of in-use energy consumption. The interaction of occupants with building controls is often cited as a key factor behind this discrepancy. This paper examines whether one factor in inadvertent energy consumption might be the appearance of postcompletion errors (when an intended action is not taken because a primary goal has already been accomplished) in occupants' interactions with building controls. Post-completion errors have been widely studied in human-computer interaction but the concept has not previously been applied to the interaction of occupants with building controls. Two experiments were carried out to examine the effect of incorporating two different types of simple prompt to reduce post-completion error in the use of light switches in office meeting rooms. Results showed that the prompts were effective and that occupants switched off lights when leaving the room more often when presented with a normative prompt than with a standard injunction. Additionally, an over reliance on PIR sensors to turn off lights after meetings was observed, which reduced their intended energy savings. We conclude that achieving low carbon buildings in practice is not solely a technological issue and that application of user-models from humancomputer interaction will encourage appropriate occupant interaction with building controls and help reduce inadvertent energy consumption. Refereed/Peer-reviewed |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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