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Record Nr.

UNINA9910254849803321

Autore

Hargreaves Tom

Titolo

Smart Homes and Their Users / / by Tom Hargreaves, Charlie Wilson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2017

ISBN

3-319-68018-8

Edizione

[1st ed. 2017.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XIX, 122 p. 19 illus., 17 illus. in color.)

Collana

SpringerBriefs in Human-Computer Interaction, , 2520-1689

Disciplina

696

Soggetti

User interfaces (Computer systems)

Human-computer interaction

Environmental sciences - Social aspects

Electric power production

User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction

Environmental Social Sciences

Electrical Power Engineering

Mechanical Power Engineering

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction: Smart Homes and Their Users -- Analytical Framework for Research on Smart Homes and Their Users -- Perceived Benefits and Risks of Smart Home Technologies -- Routines and Energy Intensity of Activities in the Smart Home -- Domestication of Smart Home Technologies -- Control of Smart Home Technologies -- Conclusions and Implications for Industry, Policy and Research. .

Sommario/riassunto

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.