FIRING UP SUSTAINABLE BEHAVIOUR
Year: 2015
Editor: Christian Weber, Stephan Husung, Gaetano Cascini, Marco Cantamessa, Dorian Marjanovic, Monica Bordegoni
Author: Daae, Johannes; Boks, Casper; Goile, Franziska; Seljeskog, Morten
Series: ICED
Institution: 1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway; 2: SINTEF Energy AS, Norway
Section: Design for Life
Page(s): 227-238
ISBN: 978-1-904670-64-3
ISSN: 2220-4334
Abstract
For many products there is a substantial potential for reducing environmental impacts by altering the way people interact with them. The current work investigates the potential for improving the way people interact with woodstoves, thereby reducing the environmental impact resulting from burning firewood, by adjusting the design of the woodstove. The paper describes a complete user centred Design for Sustainable Behaviour process, from initial ethnographic studies, through the design process, to a comparative testing of a prototype and a regular woodstove monitoring emissions and user behaviour. The test indicates that the prototype is used much more in line with the recommendations and emitted 35% less particles than the conventional stove, and thus indicates the successfulness of the applied approach.
Keywords: Human Behaviour In Design, Ecodesign, User Centred Design, Design For Sustainability, Woodstove Emissions