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Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour Through Product Design : = Two Thermostat Interface Designs to Motivate Energy-Efficient Use.

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Title/Author:	Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour Through Product Design :/
Reminder of title:	Two Thermostat Interface Designs to Motivate Energy-Efficient Use.
Author:	Rea, Alexa.
Description:	1 online resource (133 pages)
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-01.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International85-01.
Subject:	Mechanical engineering. -
Online resource:	click for full text (PQDT)
ISBN:	9798379765835

Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour Through Product Design : = Two Thermostat Interface Designs to Motivate Energy-Efficient Use.
Rea, Alexa.

Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour Through Product Design :Two Thermostat Interface Designs to Motivate Energy-Efficient Use. - 1 online resource (133 pages)

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-01.

Thesis (M.A.S.)--University of Toronto (Canada), 2023.

Includes bibliographical references

The increase in energy demand for air-conditioning motivates the development of interventions targeted at encouraging energy-efficient temperature setting. In part 1, a range-based thermostat system was proposed to extend the indoor temperature range to promote energy conservation. An online study based on user perceptions led to higher acceptance (~62% overall) over a set-point thermostat. In part 2, four intervention interfaces were tested in-person using psychologyinformed engineering design principles. These fan-based interventions manipulated two effects: fan feel (feel fan versus don't feel fan) and fan visibility (high visibility versus low visibility) during user interaction. The first study determined a significant effect of fan feel and a marginal effect of fan visibility. The second study replicated the significant effect of fan feel. Both studies found that participants engaged in energy-efficient temperature setting when interacting with some of the intervention interfaces (e.g., participants set temperatures 2.39°C higher in the high visibility + feel fan condition as compared to baseline). The findings from these studies inform the design of thermostat interfaces to encourage energy-efficient temperature setting at the household-level.

Electronic reproduction.
Ann Arbor, Mich. :
ProQuest,
2024

Mode of access: World Wide Web

ISBN: 9798379765835Subjects--Topical Terms:

557493
Mechanical engineering.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Energy-efficiencyIndex Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

Encouraging Pro-Environmental Behaviour Through Product Design : = Two Thermostat Interface Designs to Motivate Energy-Efficient Use.
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