Smart Homes and Their Users

• Main Authors: Hargreaves, Tom (Author), Wilson, Charlie (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: Human–Computer Interaction Series,
• Subjects: Computer science.; User interfaces (Computer systems).; Electric power production.; Environmental sociology.; Computer Science.; User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction.; Environmental Sociology.; Energy Technology.

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 u...

Table of Contents:

• 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. .