Hargreaves / Wilson Smart Homes and Their Users

1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-3-319-68018-7
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 135 Seiten

Reihe: Human-Computer Interaction Series

Smart home technologies promise to transform domestic comfort, convenience, security and leisure while also reducing energy use. But delivering on these potentially conflicting promises depends on how they are adopted and used in homes. This book starts by developing a new analytical framework for understanding smart homes and their users. Drawing on a range of new empirical research combining both qualitative and quantitative data, the book then explores how smart home technologies are perceived by potential users, how they can be used to link domestic energy use to common daily activities, how they may (or may not) be integrated into everyday life by actual users, and how they serve to change the nature of control within households and the home. The book concludes by synthesising a range of evidence-based insights, and posing a series of challenges for industry, policy, and research that need addressing if a smart home future is to be realised. Researchers will find this book provides useful insights into this fast-growing field

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hargreaves, Tom

Wilson, Charlie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Copyright;6
2;Preface;7
3;Acknowledgements;8
4;Contents;10
5;Abbreviations;13
6;List of Figures;14
7;List of Tables;16
8;1 Introduction: Smart Homes and Their Users;17
8.1;Abstract;17
8.2;1.1 The Smart Home Promise;17
8.3;1.2 What About the Users of Smart Home Technologies?;19
8.4;1.3 Purpose and Overview of This Book;22
8.5;1.4 New Data and Analysis;23
8.6;References;28
9;2 Analytical Framework for Research on Smart Homes and Their Users;31
9.1;Abstract;31
9.2;2.1 Introduction and Key Questions;31
9.3;2.2 Research Themes;32
9.4;2.3 Views of the Smart Home;34
9.5;2.4 Users and the Use of Smart Homes;37
9.6;2.5 User-Centred Challenges for Realising the Smart Home;40
9.7;2.6 Analytical Framework for Research on Smart Homes and Their Users;43
9.8;2.7 Suggested Further Reading;46
9.9;References;46
10;3 Perceived Benefits and Risks of Smart Home Technologies;51
10.1;Abstract;51
10.2;3.1 Introduction and Key Questions;51
10.3;3.2 Method and Data;52
10.4;3.3 Results: Prospective Users’ Perceptions of Benefits and Risks;57
10.5;3.4 Results: Distinctive Perceptions and Characteristics of Early Adopters;60
10.6;3.5 Results: Alignment of Industry Marketing with User Perceptions;63
10.7;3.6 Synthesis;65
10.8;3.7 Suggested Further Reading;68
10.9;References;69
11;4 Routines and Energy Intensity of Activities in the Smart Home;70
11.1;Abstract;70
11.2;4.1 Introduction and Key Questions;70
11.3;4.2 Method;71
11.4;4.3 Data;76
11.5;4.4 Results: Time Profile of Activity-Based Electricity Demand;78
11.6;4.5 Results: Energy Intensity of Domestic Activities;79
11.7;4.6 Results: Routines and Rhythms in Domestic Activities;82
11.8;4.7 Results: Activities in Households with Similar Composition;84
11.9;4.8 Synthesis;86
11.10;4.9 Suggested Further Reading;87
11.11;References;87
12;5 Domestication of Smart Home Technologies;89
12.1;Abstract;89
12.2;5.1 Introduction and Key Question;89
12.3;5.2 Method and Data;91
12.4;5.3 Results: Patterns of Use;92
12.5;5.4 Results: Household Dynamics;95
12.6;5.5 Results: Learning;96
12.7;5.6 Results: Domestication Pathways;98
12.8;5.7 Synthesis;101
12.9;5.8 Suggested Further Reading;103
12.10;References;103
13;6 Control of Smart Home Technologies;105
13.1;Abstract;105
13.2;6.1 Introduction and Key Question;105
13.3;6.2 Method and Data;108
13.4;6.3 Results: Artefactual Control;109
13.5;6.4 Results: Perceptual Control;111
13.6;6.5 Results: Relational Control;113
13.7;6.6 Synthesis;115
13.8;6.7 Suggested Further Reading;117
13.9;References;118
14;7 Conclusions and Implications for Industry, Policy and Research;120
14.1;Abstract;120
14.2;7.1 Summary of Key Insights;120
14.3;7.2 The Importance of Cross-Cutting, Integrative Research on Smart Homes and Their Users;123
14.4;7.3 Implications for Industry;128
14.5;7.4 Implications for Policy;130
14.6;7.5 Implications for Research;132
14.7;References;134